From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun Dec 10 18:05:26 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36086E9357D for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:05:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x236.google.com (mail-vk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD7797A95A for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:05:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x236.google.com with SMTP id s197so2967700vke.11 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:05:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=QZ+OZzJKOk8mJcvcBTIrGXZBhoy07iZ7CKCGkypBETE=; b=D6FPg7sjj4EflmVSldWHmMsVjVhbbUQ4/hXoWpoC/TL2aNoqBRGDNXfgQb7TeWSIIt y+WsnpwaeER+lwql/IvPvDl0IXsdvkDMD8wTrPYjoz0Ek8bY3Ha/Xg4Kk0QUd/tMu7Dh 7WHvWTxwDkgyNeXNwY9J3zwNQQBlEhN6zIghLiWoJ2GoCf8yiEsmb+sdVCmUW0L8cP6k nkh7tCGwC34AP9ak36tCYjWHxRaWHAC0cP5uFo8p4mlZ2yauT6wOgjKppdkBFKmejCiA u0U6fQabko6L0tx4YTo2rt3NgB+DsbtO2JIWZM4HMv0VYbcR2dYDxLjEr7PyU73cvseo W8YA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=QZ+OZzJKOk8mJcvcBTIrGXZBhoy07iZ7CKCGkypBETE=; b=AhLTEOQtFedjSZc61xio+p7nC8PUVnctgZqQr/0jtjh8NBRI4L5OXSNI+deu97+no0 AzqkgTAZtLkG/aSHcvjihoUijrZTvpkCOKal3OaWROKftLI3+A225Y8PPZleyammzT+g VeXDUHbhEuwH5aZXQaItZsV71d7iivmTntasHCuAnhzIYpPSea5t7BoGhcPCYp8PngPu tllb62WGm9orKwdF9tpwKKJ6a1LO/cbUb8P4DVZxOl2ro1m82+TLNOHSNbDlhaJWf7sH QjnbPwBk9XkieHizdP2FG4uBl/hhD1H8ohb3pG9E08vvKVkZ4hfLHYOlzbRjSTLj9Gcl C3Ew== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mI3IPfH3kawqKIL6eYsJ1woVwsc8ht8GifFEtY4BcAvhh/4JNxR JYfjUFiPCN4mBnceH6UDxfQx6lQO38hOWtbK9fN5e6cW X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMb9UKykEKpFS8AaUHGwWx+PdnyT80uv4TeKxUxObLA+m2alo6OuWmvHSiLefu/7SqFf7LPjRWtivWEUCNE2izA= X-Received: by 10.31.197.194 with SMTP id v185mr23677655vkf.166.1512929124270; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:05:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.103.147.156 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:05:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5a2d059a.de9bdf0a.ed28.657dSMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> References: <2E4558AF-E197-4DC4-A8AB-E3742EDC7E23@FreeBSD.org> <5a2d059a.de9bdf0a.ed28.657dSMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> From: Kevin Oberman Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 10:05:23 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wLLMwI9vsfKqIV-Fe5fG5xZhtcg Message-ID: Subject: Re: The ports@ list is now subscriber-post only To: Thomas Mueller Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:05:26 -0000 On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 1:59 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > The ports@FreeBSD.org (aka freebsd-ports@) mailing list now requires > you to > > subscribe to the list before posting. This brings us two important > benefits: > > > * This should cut back tremendously on spam coming through the list. > > > * Users are more likely to find better answers to their questions: The > first > > three times a question is asked, it gets detailed replies. The fourth > through > > nth times usually get a one sentence reply. > > > This ONLY affects sending messages to the list. It does NOT affect: > > - Receiving messages or replies > > - Viewing the archives (https://www.freebsd.org/ > community/mailinglists.html) > > - Searching the archives > > > If you have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask! > > # Adam > > > > Adam Weinberger > > Why only the freebsd-ports mailing list and no others? > > Other FreeBSD mailing lists get spam, and I thought freebsd-questions was > the biggest target for spam. > > NetBSD mailing lista are also spam targets. > > Tom > While I don't have a list, when I changes my default "From:" address a while back, i discovered that several FreeBSD lists are subscriber-only as my posts started getting responses that my message was being held as I was not a subscriber to the list. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683