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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
Subject: Re: Spam and more spam
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote:

> could t be that everybody can post now on this list without being
> registered and without having administrator's approval?

It actually has been that way forever.  There may be certain rules that 
trigger moderation in some cases, but usually not.  The reason for the 
open list is that questions@ has been given as a support address in 
documents, and some feel that should remain open.

> Should we move to a list where only registered users can write just to
> avoid the spam problem and not forcing a human to approve all e-mails
> from addresses which are not registered?

The forums are that way already: http://forums.freebsd.org