Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:28:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: mouth@ibm.net (John Kelly) Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porn SPAM Message-ID: <199711280028.QAA03734@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <3481f768.5825070@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> from "John Kelly" at Nov 27, 97 10:44:56 pm
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John Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 13:31:29 -0800 (PST), "Jonathan M. Bresler" > <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > >> Livingston (the Portmaster people) changed their mailing list rules to > >> stop spam -- you cannot post from any email address which is not > >> subscribed to the list. > > > one of the purposes of the lists is to serve as a source of > > quick answers to people. this is particularly true of > > freebsd-questions. > > OK, well then how about leaving -questions open and restricting the > others. Surely that would be appropriate for -hackers and such. its not impossible, but there is reluctance to take that step. it is somwhat isolating....an item for consideration. jmb
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