[Microsound-announce] implicit destinations [bcc:]

[derek holzer]

Hi John,

why not just drop the messages and send back an error warning? This puts 
the problem back in the hands of the sender instead of cluttering up 
your [valuable, volunteered] time. This is what I would do, at least, if 
it were my list. I think microsound in general could use quite a dose of 
netiquette anyway. Or isn't that why this announce thing got started in 
the first place? ;-)

best wishes and thanks for looking after all this,
derek


johns at or8.net wrote:
> hi
> 
> mailman [the microsound-announce mailing list software] doesn't like posts
> that have 'implicit destinations' or addresses in the 'bcc:' field.
> spammers often use the bcc: field to get their messages into your inbox.
> 
> when a message is received with an bcc: address, it gets held until i
> release it [as the list administrator]. this adds delay to the delivery
> and mild annoyance to the administrator [one of many].
> 
> so, i ask that you consider this delay when adding a bcc: to a note sent
> to this list. thx.
> 


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