Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:53:22 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The ports@ list is now subscriber-post only Message-ID: <D20C5DBE-445B-4E0D-B7F3-4900EDA49502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <2E4558AF-E197-4DC4-A8AB-E3742EDC7E23@FreeBSD.org> References: <2E4558AF-E197-4DC4-A8AB-E3742EDC7E23@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 9 Dec, 2017, at 9:27, Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > The ports@FreeBSD.org (aka freebsd-ports@) mailing list now requires you > to subscribe to the list before posting. This brings us two important > benefits: > > * This should cut back tremendously on spam coming through the list. > > * Users are more likely to find better answers to their questions: The > first three times a question is asked, it gets detailed replies. The > fourth through nth times usually get a one sentence reply. > > This ONLY affects sending messages to the list. It does NOT affect: > - Receiving messages or replies > - Viewing the archives > (https://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html) > - Searching the archives > > If you have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask! From dhw: I'll pass along a tip that I just sent to postmaster@: in the past (for other lists @FreeBSD.org), some folks have subscribed to receive the list mail at some address, but tried to post from a different address. To mitigate that, my suggestion has usually been for the affected folks to *also* subscribe for the "posting" address, but use Mailman facilities to set that subscription to "nomail." -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org
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