From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 5 2:27: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from empty1.ekahuna.com (empty1.ekahuna.com [198.144.200.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E706E37B405 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:27:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc-02 (pc02.ekahuna.com [198.144.200.197]) by empty1.ekahuna.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-0U10L2S100V35) with ESMTP id com; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:27:02 -0800 From: "Philip J. Koenig" Organization: The Electric Kahuna Organization To: Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 02:27:02 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: hub.freebsd.org spam policy Reply-To: pjklist@ekahuna.com Cc: Ceri In-reply-to: <20020405101026.GC15938@submonkey.net> References: <20020405074448067.AAA353@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Message-ID: <20020405102702321.AAA393@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.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 On 5 Apr 2002, at 11:10, Ceri boldly uttered: > To clarify the situation : > > To subscribe to a list requires confirmation. > > To post to a list does not, nor do you need to be subscribed. > > I don't remember a time when this was any different (but then I've only > been subscribed for 18 months or so). > > Ceri Ah.. I overlooked an "assymetrical" scenario. I have to say, I don't think I can ever recall a single email list outside of these that had such a setup - where it required a subscription to read but allowed anyone to post. It's really quite bizarre to me - how are these people supposed to read the responses to their questions if they don't subscribe?? I notice a lot of people are cc'ing the original poster in their responses, but that is not just a hassle when replying, it's also a courtesy that I'd hate to have to rely on if I had a problem I was trying to solve. I stand by my contention that allowing anyone to post is just an invitation to spamming the list. (or an invitation to draconian anti- spam filters to mitigate the spam, with the result that innocent users get their traffic bounced) -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message