Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:36:44 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only Message-ID: <200208271536.g7RFail5021355@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <3D6B8535.D3E1DB4@liwing.de> ; from Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> "Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:57:09 %2B0200." References: <3D6B8535.D3E1DB4@liwing.de>
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> > I got an overwhelmingly positive (off-list, thanks!) response to my > > complaint that this list's signal-to-noise ratio was terrible. > > For that you should really use a spam filter. Spam is a small part of the problem. A much larger part is off-topic chatter. > > Comments? Suggestions? (Keep it brief and focussed, folks!) > > Personally I like the solution on PHP mailing lists. Everybody can > write mail to a list without having to subscribe. But the sending > first ever mail to that list you must! allow validating your address > by responding an auth request like when subscribing to fbsd lists. How will that stop off-topic chatter? > This allows to post validated senders only but keeps freedom to all > people who wants post. _Less_ freedom is actually needed. It is precisely that freedom which has allowed the list to become a question-and-answer (or HOWTO) list that has dropped the signal value so badly. > I do not like restricted use. The end doesn't justifies the means! Depends on the "end". Here I mean a dramatic drop in newbie questions and a consequent increase in the technical content/discussion ratio. I also hope to attract back the security gurus, and thus further improve the signal content. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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