Jon,
While the tech services folks can provide technical answers about what part
of the mail header is examined by the mail server accepting list mail, I'd
point out that the *VAST* majority of the spam on the comment lists is via
the comment form. UBL-Comment is certainly testimony to that. Cutting off
the comment form will prevent most of the spam.
The two options you describe have always existed, but have been thwarted to
a great degree. This project will not close those loop-holes, nor will it
open them further.
Scott...
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [mailto:]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:21 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [chairs] Changes to OASIS TC Comment Facilitiy
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>[:]
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>| OASIS staff is evaluating a variety of long-term solutions for
>| enhancing public feedback on Committee work. An initial step,
>| which should significantly minimize spam postings in Committee
>| comment lists, will be to eliminate the "comment form" and switch
>| to a subscription-based email list. Each subscription request will
>| require a confirmation, which will include agreement to the
>| Feedback License.
>
>What prevents a spammer from subscribing to the list? Or from
>spoofing the list by forging the email address of a subscriber
>(easily harvested if the archive is public)?
>
>Jon
