Why not a private news server?

[Eric Clark]

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, David Cooley wrote:

> Because everyone, including spammers has access to public *AND* private 
> news servers.
> With a mail list, the function of verifying a user before they can post to 
> the list is available.  Keeps spam off the list.

A private news server is less likely to be used by spammers than either
onelist or a public news server.  Except it will be Onelist that will be
the ones spamming you.

As it is right now spammers would have no problem getting on the list, but
we dont really have a problem with it, do we?

-Eric