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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org>
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Subject: Re: The ports@ list is now subscriber-post only
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"Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> writes:

> Why only the freebsd-ports mailing list and no others? 
>
> Other FreeBSD mailing lists get spam, and I thought freebsd-questions was the biggest target for spam.

A fair number of FreeBSD lists *are* subscriber-only already.

However -questions isn't one of them, because you can't ask
someone to subscribe to a list before asking for tech support.