Open or closed subsription?

[pickerij@norbord.com]

>Here's the question:  Should the newsgroup remain as a read-only lurking
>forum or should the list be OPEN to any posts? Being OPEN will allow
>the newsgroup, and also spammers, access to the list.
>
>Being CLOSED has prevented several spams since the list was moved
>to lists.swau.edu
>
>Should the list be open or remain closed?

I'd vote to try it is an open list and see how bad the spam gets. I can   
put up with deleting a few more each day.

John Pickering
JWP Systems Inc
Toronto