From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 10:00:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E271065676 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp2.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89FFE8FC12 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:00:07 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=ckx0xiEn7p8DooRbGL7J0xV8END3bIR+bIATejdBvIs= c=1 sm=0 a=PKwSrY56EB4A:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=ASM5dSlekfTgHTIufjUA:9 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.26.53 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:52728] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id B8/7D-32619-0A0F2EF4; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:00:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:00:00 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Stephen Cook Subject: Re: List flames (was Re: Why Clang) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:00:09 -0000 from Stephen Cook : > No, this is unusual. But also remember that most of these lists are not > just unmoderated but open to posting without subscription. Then it > becomes kind of amazing at how little flaming and trolling there is. > That's not an accident, the admins work hard to limit abuse. > As an alternate, consider the forums (http://forums.freebsd.org/), which > are moderated. Because of FreeBSD lists being mainly unmoderated and open to posting without subscription, I notice some outright spams that slip through the list filters. I believe (could possibly be wrong) that the lists have spam filters in place. If a message has properties of spam, it will be held for a human moderator to see if it is spam (dump it) or not spam (let it through). Tom