From owner-freebsd-security Sun May 5 14:38:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5BA437B405 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 14:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k6-2-300.tisys.org (ppp-224.wobline.de [212.68.69.235]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/sh-2002041503) with ESMTP id g45LcEI16832; Sun, 5 May 2002 23:38:14 +0200 Received: from daemon.tisys.org (palomino-1533.tisys.org [192.168.0.3]) by k6-2-300.tisys.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g45Ldlo2080421; Sun, 5 May 2002 23:39:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from nils@daemon.tisys.org) Received: (from nils@localhost) by daemon.tisys.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g45LcWuA008655; Sun, 5 May 2002 23:38:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 23:37:56 +0200 From: Nils Holland To: Colin Faber Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: You've Been Removed! Message-ID: <20020505233756.A8532@daemon.tisys.org> References: <200205051832.OAA29652@matterhorn.pinn.net> <3CD59C0A.306681E3@fpsn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3CD59C0A.306681E3@fpsn.net>; from cfaber@fpsn.net on Sun, May 05, 2002 at 02:54:34PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD palomino-1533.tisys.org 4.6-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE X-Machine-Uptime: 11:24PM up 13:46, 1 user, load averages: 0.06, 0.08, 0.06 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 On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 02:54:34PM -0600, Colin Faber stood up and spoke: > Maybe it's time to re-evaluate the way the list rules are setup? It > would appear there some some punk hell bent against this list. > > Possibly a subscribers only-post list? This issue comes up every now and then, mostly when viruses or other spam gets sent to the FreeBSD lists (though this constantly repeating "You've been added / You've been removed) thing was the most interesting thing I saw in the last few months ;-) Anyway, my opinion has always been that *all* FreeBSD lists should be in "subscribers may only post" mode, while FreeBSD-questions should remain open for all, as many people only see that list's address mentioned in the default motd and post messages to it without wanting to be constantly signed up. However, for the other FreeBSD lists where the majority of users are not "I-only-post-when-I-have-a-problem" folks, but rather "core members" (i.e. constantly subscribed), I guess that if these list only granted posting access to subscribers, a lot of hassles could be saved. Greetings Nils -- Nils Holland Ti Systems - http://www.tisys.org Addicted to computing since 1987 High on FreeBSD since 1996 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message