RE: [PHP] Spam control (was Re: [PHP-DB] wealthy)

> I'm on a few more mailing lists than that, although with only a slightly > higher total volume. Other than the PHP lists, NONE of the others have any > spam at all, let alone people complaining about it. Why? Because those > lists are closed to subscribers only. > > I seriously doubt that anyone who has web or NNTP access wouldn't have > EMail access, and thus would be prevented from participating in any > discussions. > > If someone really is interested in participating, it's not really that hard > to subscribe... But the reason they use these alternative means of reading the list is that the volume on the lists are too high for their mailboxes. Forcing them to subscribe to participate makes these alternative mechanisms rather redundant. -Rasmus