From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 23:41:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9969416A4C2 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:41:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from imf01aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf01aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E8B444F8 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:32:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmc20@xxiii.com) Received: from ibm65aec.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061212205249.XSXI13460.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm65aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:52:49 -0500 Received: from wcox.bellsouth.net ([68.209.177.221]) by ibm65aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061212205245.KHPP24660.ibm65aec.bellsouth.net@wcox.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:52:45 -0500 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20061212153306.0321bc30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:52:45 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: wc_fbsd@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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:41:12 -0000 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