Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:26:23 +0200 From: Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only Message-ID: <20020827122623.GC34393@heresy.dreamflow.nl> In-Reply-To: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 11:49:53AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > Hello Security list members > > I got an overwhelmingly positive (off-list, thanks!) response to > my complaint that this list's signal-to-noise ratio was terrible. > > Some folks are still replying to spam on list, but the noise figure > has dropped significantly. Thank you! > > I would very much like to make this list subscriber-only. This will > cut down dramatically on spam and the inevitable misdirected > 'subscribe' postings. The downside is that folks will not be able > to reply to the list if they receive it via a list redirector (IE > if a corporate role account/list-alias has been used to subscribe). > In this case, those folks would become read-only members (which may > in some cases be OK). Other folks would need to subscribe to the > list with their 'real' email address. I dissagree with the idea of making this list subscriber-only. There are people who mail to this list with a single question, and without subscribing to the list. If you make this list subscriber-only, you are forcing these people to subscribe. I personally hate it when I have to subscribe to a list when I only have one single report or question. If you want to get rid of spam, just get a spamfilter, and stop complaining, because the actual discussion about spam is more annoying than the spam itself. Cheers, Bart -- Bart Matthaei bart@dreamflow.nl Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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