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Subject: Re: spam from hub.freebsd.org ?!?
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
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In-Reply-To: <19970825070551.WC47907@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Aug 25, 97 07:05:51 am
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As J Wunsch wrote...
> As Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> > > It is hard to maintain a mailing list that is supposed to be public,
> > > and restrict mail usage simultaneously.
> 
> > It *is* possible to make the list "closed" so that only suscribers can 
> > send to the list.
> 
> This is in no way wanted for lists like -hackers, or even think of
> -questions or freebsd-gnats-submit/freebsd-bugs.

It's not wanted for -questions alright. But I could see the reasoning
behind 'closing' -hackers. Assuming that the S/N ratio keeps deteriorating
of course...

[ fondly remembers Trailblazer/PEP connected UUCP links, without the
net.polluters that seem so abundant today.
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Arghhh! Was that a grey hair?? ;-) ]

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