From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 23 15:10:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47316A469 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9429B13C469 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so307201nzf for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.127.1 with SMTP id z1mr25569wac.1187881801060; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.102? ( [67.189.206.211]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 39sm3302362wrl.2007.08.23.08.09.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:10:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:10:20 -0400 To: User Questions Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <200708231432.l7NEW3Yv017532@mi0.bluebottle.com> References: <200708231432.l7NEW3Yv017532@mi0.bluebottle.com> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20070823110216.B0EB.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.31 [en] From: Gerard Subject: Re[2]: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: User Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:10:03 -0000 On August 23, 2007 at 10:31AM Jonathan Shoemaker wrote: > fbsd2> Why should the subscribed members have to deal with spam > fbsd2> just for the connivance of people who are too lazy to > fbsd2> subscribe? > > fbsd2> This list admin needs to get their priorities straight. > fbsd2> Subscribed members protection comes before the lazy public. > > A lot of people who migrate to freebsd have never been confronted with > anything more complex than windows, so it makes sense to make getting > help as easy as possible. The experience of converting to a *nix > system is a daunting one for a first-timer; it takes a whole new shift in > thinking, and people adapt at different rates. Bear in mind, though, > that these people may one day end up being the ones to contribute new > improvements, ports, assistance, and so forth. Doesn't it make sense > for a free, community supported operating system to provide that > support in the easiest manner possible? I employed Windows for years before ever venturing to try FBSD. Doing that time I subscribed to numerous mailing list. I fail to see any correlation between migrating from a Windows based OS to a FBSD one has to do with subscribing to a list. Anyone, with the possible exception of an AOL'er and an occasional Googler could accomplish that feat. Compromising the fundamental security and privacy of the end user is more important than servicing those who lack the ability and or ambition to subscribe to a mail forum like this. -- Gerard