Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:19:49 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Timothy J Luoma" <luomat@peak.org> Subject: Re: Windows NT Serial Communication Driver Message-ID: <199810292333.SAA32666@laker.net>
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:00:04 -0500, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > Author: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za> > 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. Hey, in the interest of PC, let's VOTE on it. I vote with Timothy. I'm subscribed, and I think it's only fair, and WOULD restrict SPAMMERS (who are just above LAWYERS on the food chain). Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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