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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2001 17:21:39 +0100
From:      Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: If you come only once, you've been cheated.
Message-ID:  <01010417214000.01189@web1.tninet.se>
In-Reply-To: <20010104101456.A77019@mithrandr.moria.org>
References:  <200101040627.WAA10564@biperson.com> <20010104120303.A22516@oyeindia.com> <20010104101456.A77019@mithrandr.moria.org>

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On Thursday 04 January 2001 09:14, you wrote:
> On Thu 2001-01-04 (12:03), Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > lolly@biperson.com rearranged electrons thusly:
> > > Our motto: More tail for less money.
> >
> > 8< spam
> >
> > is this list open for all to post? if so, would the admin please make it
> > members only? larts underway from my side at least
>
> It can't be a closed list.  Think about it - it is for people who have
> questions.  The people who are subscribed are interested in answering
> questions, or seeing questions and answers.
>
> You should not be required to subscribe to post to it, otherwise noone
> would ever post to it more than once, because they'll overflow their
> mailbox quota (either real disk quota, or personal mail reading
> ability).
>
> Not to mention people who post with other addresses than what they
> receive mail (including me), and getting the postmaster to cater for
> these on an individual basis is not going to be fun for him or us.
>
> The spam is irritating, but it's generally quickly blocked by our very
> capable postmaster, and is at a very low level.
>

and besides, I enjoy forwarding it to the "why do you support Yahoo crew" 


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