Requiring list subscriptions (was Re: [Fwd: Gain Organic Traffic: Freebsdish.Org :PS])

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:25:55 -0500
John Johnstone <jjohnstone at tridentusa.com> wrote:

> Although I've only been subscribed to this list for about a year I
> don't recall ever seeing spam that wouldn't have been stopped by
> requiring subscription to post.  Has there ever been any spam to this
> list that used a forged subscriber address?

there was/is an harvester subscribed. The spam is then send directly.

Subscription still helps as just having the e-mail address in the
database will not help and so the spammer's program will not
use/succeed with this address.

Erich