From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 4 14:51:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14970 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:51:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA14962 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA19078; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:47:08 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199706042147.OAA19078@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Why not make the list closed? To: yves@cc.mcgill.ca (Yves Lepage) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:47:08 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <01BC7101.0FB61B30@maelstrom.CC.McGill.CA> from "Yves Lepage" at Jun 4, 97 04:04:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Here's an idea: why not make the list closed? So that only > subscribers can post to it? Please see the archives for the precious time this was discussed. The general consensus was that: (1) support lists should not have to be subscribed to to be useful to people needing support, and (2) closing the lists this way would increase the barrier to participation, which is something we don't want. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.