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At 11:21 AM 3/17/2003, Lupe Christoph wrote:

>> Please do not direct application-specific questions to freebsd-security.
>> Even if the application is related to security, freebsd-questions (or
>> other lists) are the place to get help, not freebsd-security.
>
>We had this discussion a while ago. There is no mailing list that
>provides qualified answers to security-related questions. You are
>fighting windmills. These questions will come to this mailing list, as
>long as there is no freebsd-security-questions.

Agree 100%. If there is a desire to have a list which allows no discussion
and no questions, then a separate announcement list (freebsd-security-announce)
should be created.

The current situation, with the moderator arbitrarily squelching legitimate and 
useful discussion, is not tolerable and is highly detrimental to the community.
Just my $0.02.

--Brett


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