Re: List spam

From	Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: List spam
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Date	2011-08-19 08:26 +1000
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gene heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> writes:

> Short answer is to disconnect the the NNTP link and make this list
> into a REAL mailing list. Subscribers only, or get past a GOOD
> captcha.

Many of the more valuable contributors post via NNTP, which does not
require mailing list subscription nor CAPTCHA.

One of the compelling features of this forum is that newcomers to Python
can post here without the hurdles you're describing.

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  `\          teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years |
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Ben Finney

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  Re: List spam Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2011-08-18 16:48 +0200
    Re: List spam gene heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2011-08-18 12:14 -0400
      Re: List spam Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-08-19 08:26 +1000
    Re: List spam Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-08-18 16:07 -0400
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    Re: List spam Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-08-18 23:03 +0000
      Re: List spam Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-08-19 00:31 +0100

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