I have finally got the "closed" list feature to work with majordomo.  The 
documentation which is normally very good just didnt mention it thats why it
took so long.
This will mean that 

1) automatic subscribe requests wont work any more
2) people who arent on the list wont be able to post to the list without
"approval" from list admins

so less ( hopefully zero ) spam on the list.

the down side is more work for the list admins and sometimes I think that
even messages from legitimate list members will not go through properly.

ps. the www archive system is broken AGAIN I will look at this asap
-- 
James Andrews, maths CDO, ext.3977

BIG round of applause for James! :-)

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From: james@noether.ex.ac.uk
Subject: message from list software administrator on spamming
To: csound@noether.ex.ac.uk
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:59:10 +0100 (BST)
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I have finally got the "closed" list feature to work with majordomo.  The 
documentation which is normally very good just didnt mention it thats why it
took so long.
This will mean that 

1) automatic subscribe requests wont work any more
2) people who arent on the list wont be able to post to the list without
"approval" from list admins

so less ( hopefully zero ) spam on the list.

the down side is more work for the list admins and sometimes I think that
even messages from legitimate list members will not go through properly.

ps. the www archive system is broken AGAIN I will look at this asap
-- 
James Andrews, maths CDO, ext.3977