whats with this your not a member and wait for a moderator yet it appears I *am * member

[Daniel Sobey]

We get 10-30 messages a day to this list, most is spam.

On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 06:37 +1100, Harrison Conlin wrote: 
> 
> It's an anti-spam measure and quite a good one. I'm a moderator for a
> number of other mailing lists and the number of times I've seen useful
> posts from non-members is significantly low. I suggest you sign up to
> the list (by clicking the link at the bottom of the email) this
> ensures that all your messages are sent instantly to the list and that
>  that you also see all the responses to your question.
> 
> By 'big flashy sigs' you mean an image in a signature? If you look at
> most mailing lists posts they are plain text (this message included).
> There is a very small minority of posts that are HTML and even fewer
> with an image. If you have an issue with someone including an image in
> a signature I suggest you talk to them directly and not make
> accusations against all the members of the mailing list.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Harrison Conlin
>