From owner-freebsd-security Tue Aug 27 5:32:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005AB37B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:32:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (genius.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D304C43E65 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@genius.tao.org.uk) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id 4C62C42D0; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:32:41 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:32:41 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Mark Murray Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only Message-ID: <20020827123241.GA4807@genius.tao.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , Mark Murray , freebsd-security@freebsd.org References: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 11:49:53AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > Hello Security list members >=20 > I got an overwhelmingly positive (off-list, thanks!) response to > my complaint that this list's signal-to-noise ratio was terrible. >=20 > Some folks are still replying to spam on list, but the noise figure > has dropped significantly. Thank you! >=20 > 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. >=20 > Comments? Suggestions? (Keep it brief and focussed, folks!) As I noted in a private mail to you maybe a regular "list charter/FAQ" could be mailed here. That would be a reminder to the readership of what is and isn't allowed in conversation. I feel that it's worth trying that before closing the list. I've seen it work well in other places. Joe --=20 "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein, 1921 --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj1rcWkACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZHRgCggdJSYsDsCaRNpZeCT1X+w17F MV4AoIqXh56dcj+qCURR3+Q+sDEKIITh =siXK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message