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Date:      Tue, 7 May 2002 18:46:59 +1000 (EST)
From:      Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au>
To:        Tore Lund <tl001@online.no>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: You've Been Added!
Message-ID:  <20020507184544.I67770-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3CD79198.C8403676@online.no>

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On Tue, 7 May 2002, Tore Lund wrote:

> The reason for the inconvenience is that the list technology is behind
> the times.  Many other lists - like Yahoo! groups - have options like
> NOMAIL and neat ways to peruse messages online.  With such improvements
> in place, anyone wanting to post could be a member without having to
> receive all that mail.

I'm not sure evryone would agree with you on that but either way you do
know you can read the list on the web?

> Or, one could have a dedicated FreeBSD news server with all the lists on
> it in the form of newsgroups.  (I have a hunch this too would reduce the
> spam, but I don't know by how much in the long run.)

...and annoy those people with only mail access.

Andrew


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