Zitat von Terry Todd tlt@badger.tltodd.com:
Yes, they are discussion lists.
What I'm wonndering is if anyone has done anything to beef up the dist file or accept file format so it checks for more than just the email address of the subscriber.
a dist file entry something like this
"Senders Name" email@mydomain.com 192.168.1.1 (comment)
so it checks for not only email address but senders name and IP address as well.
A mailing list system isn't the right place to do such verification. It's the task of the mail server. This feature is also only wishful for a minority because a valid email can come from different mail servers. People are travelling and are using different servers.
Your solution will not reduce spam but will produce a lot of adminstrative work for the list admin. It would be also difficult to implement.
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