Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:13:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Elbel <Michael.Elbel@consol.de> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists Message-ID: <199809090713.JAA16025@fourier.int.consol.de> References: <2543.904882634@time.cdrom.com>
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In lists.freebsd.chat you write: >Actually, the problem is even simpler than that. If we restricted >posting to ONLY those who subscribe, rather than just any random >person (most of our casual posters do not subscribe to -hackers), >it would also cut way back on the abuse since you'd have to eat what >you served, so to speak. :) >I'm all in favor of trying that out, myself. I think it's time, at >least for lists like -hackers. Lists like questions can and should >remain fully open. And how do you propose to handle people like me who read this from behind a news server or a local mail exploder? I dunno, do you have an idea how much more load hub would have to handle if all those people would be forced to subscribe directly? Not to mention the inconveniance. I'm only able to follow most of the FreeBSD lists by reading them as newsgroups. I'm sure one can come up with any number of neat procmail/mailagent setups, but why not use a transport that's explicitly created for such things instead of forcing everybody to reinvent the wheel. Michael -- \|/ -O- Michael Elbel, ConSol* GmbH, - me@consol.de - 089 / 45841-256 /|\ Fermentation fault (coors dumped) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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