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Re: Why do lists need special approval?

 

On Aug 5, 2009, at 7:05 AM, Danilo Šegan wrote:

* Reduce spam — I am not sure how spam is possible otherwise (can list
owner subscribe people without them wanting to be on the list?), and we
can probably stop worrying about this one

No, only the user can subscribe himself via the web ui (we can of course do it behind the scenes with a script, and occasionally do when migrating a mailing list). So I think the spam argument isn't particularly relevant.

-Barry

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