>On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 09:03:29 -0500
> Howard S Shubs <hshubs@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > >FREE Software Download!
> >
> > How the heck did -this- get into the list?  Isn't the list configured not
> > to allow non-members to post?
>
>No, it is not configured that way.  This is a deliberate policy decision.
>The idea is to make it easier for people who do not yet use NetBSD
>to ask questions about a particular port before subscribing.

And my position is that that policy decision is a serious mistake.  How
often do we get posts from non-members?  Anyway, if someone can't be
bothered to join the list for the time it takes to ask a question and get
an answer, I can't be bothered to hear from them.  It's a good way to
prevent spam, at least until we make them illegal in this country.  But
that's politics.


>We do have a spam filter on the mail server, and I will be adding the
>offending address to the filter today.

Congrats, you've just added the one address you know won't be used again. :-/

By the way, your headers came through like this:

>X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1]
>didn't use HELO protocol
>To: Howard S Shubs <hshubs@mindspring.com>
>Cc: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: FREE SOFTWARE !!!
>Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
>Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 10:53:54 -0700
>Sender: port-mac68k-owner@NetBSD.ORG
>Precedence: list
>Delivered-To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG

Interesting first line there, huh?  How do we know you're you? :-,

Howard S Shubs         hshubs@bix.com
The Denim Adept        hshubs@mindspring.com