From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 3 21:38:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA23585 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:38:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bamboo.verinet.com (bamboo.verinet.com [204.144.246.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA23579 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 21:38:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Received: from struct. (daisy18.verinet.com [199.45.181.242]) by bamboo.verinet.com (8.8.8/8.7.1) with ESMTP id WAA28000; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 22:37:08 -0600 Received: from verinet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by struct. (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA03087; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 22:36:50 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from allenc@verinet.com) Message-ID: <35EF6E62.C53627EB@verinet.com> Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 22:36:50 -0600 From: Allen Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b1 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jkh@time.cdrom.com CC: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better SNR suggestion for the mailing lists References: <2543.904882634@time.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > This is a bit long, bear with me - it comes from the heart. > > 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. :) > This seems very reasonable. It justifiably raises the bar. I can't see myself arguing that I should be able to post to a list without being a member and I'll bet most would agree. I subscribe to hackers-digest. I would hope that qualifies. > 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. -Stable perhaps? It would encourage -stable subscriptions. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message