From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 29 15:34:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13832 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:34:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13821 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:34:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-167.laker.net [208.0.233.67]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id SAA32666; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:33:44 -0500 Message-Id: <199810292333.SAA32666@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Timothy J Luoma" Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:19:49 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Windows NT Serial Communication Driver Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:00:04 -0500, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > 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. 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