From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 3 21:18:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21558 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:18:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21553 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:18:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02547; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:17:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Yoav Cohen-Sivan cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 00:38:53 +0300." <35EF0C6D.C3ACAD5F@netvision.net.il> Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 21:17:14 -0700 Message-ID: <2543.904882634@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > This is a bit long, bear with me - it comes from the heart. And expresses many sentiments I agree with. Well said. > My suggestion is to change most of the mailing lists to a "can't post > for a week after you subscribe" mode. Anybody who is serious enough 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. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message