Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:37:09 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018478229.13f963@mired.org> To: pjklist@ekahuna.com Cc: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: hub.freebsd.org spam policy Message-ID: <15534.10005.180052.438521@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020405102702321.AAA393@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> References: <20020405074448067.AAA353@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> <20020405102702321.AAA393@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>
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In <20020405102702321.AAA393@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>, Philip J. Koenig <pjklist@ekahuna.com> typed: > On 5 Apr 2002, at 11:10, Ceri boldly uttered: > > To clarify the situation : > > To subscribe to a list requires confirmation. > > To post to a list does not, nor do you need to be subscribed. > > I don't remember a time when this was any different (but then I've only > > been subscribed for 18 months or so). > Ah.. I overlooked an "assymetrical" scenario. > > I have to say, I don't think I can ever recall a single email list > outside of these that had such a setup - where it required a > subscription to read but allowed anyone to post. It's really quite > bizarre to me - how are these people supposed to read the responses > to their questions if they don't subscribe?? Most of the lists I'm on - even discounting the freebsd one - do that. On the other hand, most of them have also moved from being completely open to requiring confirmation to subscribe because of the problem of malicious subscriptions. A few have recently moved from that to an intermediate position, which I really like. All subscribers can post. If you aren't a subscriber, you have to confirm that the post isn't spam before it's accepted. I'd love to see freebsd move to such a system for everything but -questions. > I notice a lot of people are cc'ing the original poster in their > responses, but that is not just a hassle when replying, it's also a > courtesy that I'd hate to have to rely on if I had a problem I was > trying to solve. Freebsd-questions is, and always will be, an unusual mail list. > I stand by my contention that allowing anyone to post is just an > invitation to spamming the list. (or an invitation to draconian anti- > spam filters to mitigate the spam, with the result that innocent > users get their traffic bounced) In that case, there are a lot of lists that invite anyone to spam the list. But they don't get as much spam as the freebsd lists. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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