From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 23 20:13:06 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA19645 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 23 Apr 1995 20:13:06 -0700 Received: from UUCP-GW.CC.UH.EDU (root@UUCP-GW.CC.UH.EDU [129.7.1.11]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id UAA19636 for ; Sun, 23 Apr 1995 20:13:02 -0700 Received: from Taronga.COM by UUCP-GW.CC.UH.EDU with UUCP id AA16532 (5.67a/IDA-1.5); Sun, 23 Apr 1995 21:48:59 -0500 Received: by bonkers.taronga.com (smail2.5p) id AA18789; 23 Apr 95 21:39:14 CDT (Sun) Received: (from peter@localhost) by bonkers.taronga.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id VAA18786; Sun, 23 Apr 1995 21:39:14 -0500 From: Peter da Silva Message-Id: <199504240239.VAA18786@bonkers.taronga.com> Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups To: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 21:39:13 -0500 (CDT) Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199504240100.CAA02825@isl.cf.ac.uk> from "Paul Richards" at Apr 24, 95 02:00:04 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 780 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Note: this is a ONE WAY gate, that allows people to see the activity > > and makes it explicitly known what to do to respond.. > The reply-to field can be set to the appropriate list too. That would > at least provide an easy way to contact us. That's good. That would have a similar effect to making a moderated newsgroup without the hassles. One question, though... are people going to be as frank about any real problems in the more open environment of a newsgroup? Because posting to the list will become equivalent to posting a a newsgroup. Yes, I know the lists are open, but you DO have to make a bit more of an effort to get them. And you're not going to come across them in casual browsing. Perhaps new lists would be better, to lessen the impact of this factor.