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by borisk 5846 days ago
Not so big a deal IMHO. You can always set a pass if spammers start targeting your blog.
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The password is for visiting, not for posting. If you set a password, nobody can visit your blog w/o the password.

http://posterous.com/help/private_sites

"You can set a password on your Posterous site so only the readers you want can see it. To see your site, a user must go to your site url and also enter the correct password for your site."

Right, my bad. Still there is an option to receive confirmation link for each post.