Quoting steve ulrich (sulrich at botwerks.org): > obviously if there are instances of spammers or abuse of the list > these offenders should be handled appropriately but it would be nice > to easily facilitate the insertion of new members without additional > overhead. spambots are smart and we have had problem on the tclug-list, first it was denying subscriptions from hotmail.com, then yahoo.com, then it went to total administrative approval. I'd be happy to open up subscribing, my inbox is protected by RBL, RSS, and spamassassin, but most aren't. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9