Posts to the list from multiple addresses
Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:40:40 PDT)

Hi,

Since this list has been hosted by ibiblio the amount of spam addressed to
it has increased dramatically. As this happens we as administrators
(Arnold, Diane, and me) have tried to cope with it and so has ibiblio. One
of the changes that ibiblio is making as of next week is to discard all
messages that come from addresses not subscribed to the list. In the past
anyone writing to the list who was not subscribed would get a message
telling them their note was not delivered since they were not a member of
the list. Unfortunately the spammers would then send spam to the address
that sent this message and soon the spam to this address was out of control.

At first we got all these messages delivered to our email addresses too,
but finally that was too much so they are now held in a place where we can
look at them. When those messages got to be 100s a day, ibiblio started to
filter them as well so the number of those we have to look at has recently
been reduced. If one of those message came from one of you using an
additional email address that was not the one you were subscribed under, we
could help. Now those messages will just be discarded automatically without
notice. So if you post to the group and you don't see that it appears,
check first to be sure that you used the same address for the messages you
receive. If you want to be able to post from multiple addresses you need to
let Arnold, Diane, and me know. We can add the extra addresses as approved
addresses where you won't get messages but can send messages to our list. A
number of you have already given us extra addresses.

Messages from people trying to reach members of this list from the archives
and looking for help we expect to be discarded automatically too. Diane has
proposed a way we could still see these messages, but we haven't heard from
ibiblio back to know if this is an alternative. This change will save us
time, especially Diane, but will mean that there are people we will no
longer be able to help. I think back to those early days of the Internet
when you didn't need a firewall, didn't have to worry about viruses or
other evil plans to steal your identity and/or wreck your computer, and
when you didn't receive all kinds of messages you don't want to get.

Mary sue