>> A web-based form ensures that the most incompetent members of the
>> Internet have access to your list. Personally, I *demand* that
>> all my list members have a minimum level of proficiency in email
>> before they are welcome. Unlesss they do, there is no way they
>> can be a useful contributor to the list, and a high probability
>> they will be a problem. This isn't some pissy elitist club attitude.
>> If they aren't skilled in email, they simply aren't ready to
>> participate.
>
>My recent experience tends to confirm this. People were entering
>their own addresses, only with lots of typos; they were entering
>other addresses, without the owner's permission; and there were a
>lot of situations where the address they entered worked but
>differed enough from the address on their mailer that
>restrict_post and unsubscribe didn't work.
There may be some mileage in trying to avoid inexperienced users from hitting
the list - but with regard to subscribing via the web we've put together an
"email validation" system to sit in front of the subscrive option. Basically
when you type in your email address you get sent a mail with a password in it -
return to the site with that password and we'll let you subscribe to any list
you like (on our site:).
We've even been considering hacking this into majordomo itself - I believe
listserv let's you make sure people don't *really* subscribe to a
confirmation is sent from the email address being subscribed.
Manar
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