From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 16 19:44:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE0337B408 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:42:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from achornback@worldnet.att.net) Received: from tomcat ([12.93.211.25]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010717024248.DRJX3208.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@tomcat>; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 02:42:48 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" , "Morsal Roudbay" Cc: "J S" , "Giorgos Keramidas" , Subject: RE: [Re: spammers] Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:35:19 -0400 Message-ID: <000101c10e69$1ebf6820$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: <000901c10e68$98d88980$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted > Mittelstaedt > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:32 PM > To: Morsal Roudbay > Cc: J S; Giorgos Keramidas; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: [Re: spammers] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Morsal Roudbay > >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:04 AM > > >Ted, > >As u say, the ISPs dont bother if they get a single complaint.. > that's what > >I have experienced... I really dont see why this list cant be > closed, feel > >free to explain why it would work better open as it is now.. > > I frankly don't have a preference myself - however I don't run this list. > While I could concoct reasons why it is open I really don't know why the > list maintainer has chosen it to be open. I do know that managing the > servers and this list does create work for somebody, and I wouldn't > presume to tell that person how to do their job unless I was prepared to > take it over. ;-) The easy answer... look at any FreeBSD CD from Wind River. questions@freebsd.org is the official support e-mail address now. To make it a closed e-mail address for subscribers only would be discouraging to newbies that have to ask questions and don't understand what a mailing list is. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message