From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 29 13:00:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA21741 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:00:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from luomat.peak.org (port-2-ts3-gnv.da.fdt.net [209.212.132.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21724 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:00:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luomat@luomat.peak.org) Message-Id: <199810292100.QAA13828@ocalhost> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19981029225246.A21681@rucus.ru.ac.za> From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:00:04 -0500 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows NT Serial Communication Driver References: <199810291941.LAA10835@hub.freebsd.org> <19981029225246.A21681@rucus.ru.ac.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Author: Neil Blakey-Milner Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 22:52:46 +0200 ID: <19981029225246.A21681@rucus.ru.ac.za> > > On a side note, shouldn't this mailing list be configured to not allow > > posts from people who aren't subscribed to it? > > Basically, no. > > Why should someone who just wants to ask a question have to subscribe to > the list and be required to receive tons of email every day? So that those of us who are subscribed don't have to put up with the crap from spammers on a regular basis. There is also a theory that folks who ask for help should be willing to give help, and that therefore they should be willing to be a part of the list to learn (and not repeat FAQs) and share what they have learned with others. However, this is one of those debates that never progresses anywhere, so I don't suggest we keep continuing it. TjL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message