Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:52:45 -0500 From: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x) Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20061212153306.0321bc30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> In-Reply-To: <20061211175301.17B7.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20061211185718.E5F0616A56A@hub.freebsd.org> <20061211220901.GB69273@ns.umpquanet.com> <20061211175301.17B7.GERARD@seibercom.net>
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At 05:59 PM 12/11/2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: >Besides, how hard is it to subscribe to a list, post your question >and hopefully receive a satisfactory response and then terminate >your association with the list if you are so inclined. Wasn't going to say anything, but... I agree totally that you should have to be subscribed to post. This isn't "AOL 101" -- some pittance of technical competence is a prereq'. "Try Googling before posting" is a repeated several times daily; why not make 'em subscribe first? Might cut down on some of that, as well as the spam & scam emails. I can't recall any other mailing lists I've been on in the last 10 years that allow non-subscribed posts. And from a more personal view, the "no subscription required" has bitten me at least once -- I always use alias addresses for publicly archived lists, since they will inevitably be scrapped up by the spammers and abused. I forgot to select the correct "From" on a post a few weeks ago; now a "real" address is chiseled in granite on the web archive, and I'll probably have to abandon it soon. Would have much rather had it bounced back at me. -Wayne
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