The real problem in point of fact is that as the list is currently
configured, anyone can post to it regardless of their status vis a vis
belonging to the LISTSERV.  In point of fact, if it were set correctly to
PRIVATE as it should be, Bob would not have been able to post all this time
from [log in to unmask] since that name was not on the list.
Thus he had not need to set the NOMAIL option.

I am open to how the list should be configured but if we leave it PUBLIC, we
are open to SPAM like the SNOW WHITE missive and others.  Attachments will
be stripped since that is configured.

Personally, I think it should be a 'members only' list just to protect us
but I will defer to the sentiments of the members.  Voting starts now.

CH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: [SCUBA-SE] Chuck on free e=mail ID and Yahoo.com


> Chuck made this snide remark about Ed's Yahoo address:
>
> CH> As has been pointed out, you want a free e-mail ID, this is part of
the
> CH> price of admission. They are easily forged.
>
> And then Chuck launched into his Yahoo-bashing by suggesting (the silly
> option) to BAN all Yahoo.com subscribers, on the occurrence of ONE
> single posting by Hahaha, which was not even posted from Yahoo!!!!!
>
>
> 1,  Just how many Yahoo addresses have you seen forged, in Scuba-SE?
>
> <Someone tried, SIX TIMES yesterday, without success, of forging a post
> using my Yahoo.com email address!>  I received notification of this
> forger's attempted post in my Yahoo.com email account!
>
>
> 2.  Do you know NOW that a subscriber with a Yahoo mailing address
>     does NOT have to post with it?  (Me, e.g.)  Why don't you or anyone
>     try to see if you can POST (with my Yahoo address) from where I
>     post (the LISTSERV archives webpage)?   How can you "forge" my
>     password which you don't know??
>
> Apparently Chuck still don't know that difference, which was why he
> screwed up my subscription by making unwarranted changes!
>
>
> 3.  Do you know that a person using a free e-mail ID to subscribe to a
>     LIST may have many reasons that hadn't occurred to YOU?
>
> I'll tell you Chuck, and the rest of readers WHY!
>
> I have email addresses in FOUR different domains, not counting
> Yahoo.com:  @clemson.edu, @worldnet.att.net,  @earthlink.net, and
> @cs.com.
>
> Yahoo is the ONLY freebie.  The worldnet.att.net, earthlink, and
> cs.com are ALL paid subscriptions!  The Clemson address is my
> permanent address as Professor Emeritus of that university.
>
> Why do *I* choose to use @yahoo.com for my newsgroup and LIST
> USERIDS even though I DON'T POST from it?  (I post from google.com
> to USENET newsgroups;  and from LISTSERV webpage to Scuba-SE)
> for precisely reasons of PRIVACY in posting discussion in groups full
> of NUTS.  :-)
>
> The Yahoo address catches all the SPAMS -- it even has its own SPAM
> filter.  I don't use that address for personal email and sometimes leave
> it unread weeks at a time!
>
> THAT, in fact, is a distinct ADVANTAGE of subscribing with a free-ID
> to catch all the undesirable email, while READING and POSTING
> Scuba-SE elsewhere (the LISTSERV archives webpage).
>
> Remember Quinn Harry?  He is one of these NUTS who can't stick to
> a discussion group and had to make FALSE accusations to Clemson
> about me in postings that had nothing to do with my profession or
> my affiliation?  He is not the only NUT who does that.  That's only
> ONE of the many reasons I don't post from THAT address anymore!
>
>
> So Chuck, get your FACTS straight first, and don't be so trigger-happy,
> as you have always been, when you don't have the FACTS!
>
> -- Bob.
>