From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 15:31:26 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7721C778E6 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:31:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.i.noel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x233.google.com (mail-vk0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B09EF1A8C for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:31:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.i.noel@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x233.google.com with SMTP id 137so73124686vkl.0 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:31:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=Oqk6EwBJn4koVNkEu2+XhvnfzE2v3qs+unh0K4gTwX4=; b=DrmIAjuvqvSvNHjL4iJ4cFOX85rSct6GSvmm8TE2Kahce5edCgPwpXDYCxpFOSe4ap XopcxeLcLmKObsdB0N8OkkFNE2mZRxt5+EjGdSxhOcnwUB/zvUyOtSIGsLLpZmgrQCuz zs6WYQkJWzIuvEUJscIxkgH7GKz2l+D6i+LbpeFtlz3S9CyMWJP9AGKPCPuWZCBoVAfl POKO6PzohDdq1VNpi6NroKZ0gmgrdbm+uhkxVNQSp9nVNwR/FlNUfywG9k8X/VK5Bw74 fDNDYZ7akohkHWGWo/3ToAzeZScso7PwPXIOiRmaiLiz7H67EOXBD/5YodRaSoTHD44U ++MA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Oqk6EwBJn4koVNkEu2+XhvnfzE2v3qs+unh0K4gTwX4=; b=OSI9xrhL8eGdD8ccx7F28Jn0JSr5CNid7BXcvgSHO8aRXv2mhRTzTVhx66FsuAFIFm yHf7kNB/5ipKa1FYckR3g/oEIyJ3oOsnsiLUAshx43BYQBzmim+XyjTYeLiSlz+G27/C fyHJxDOV7uLxPzqF8EhVLNDtkXBC/ltpyn1jKO5mrYGoTXjpR9QHeORK0RNMJsITf78v wQGGfj/lE8LDgJtenUIDTD+C4VMKDZBhMBGf6j3SGZMO8r65L7nwTVLs2fNlYJ0DzY/j tdVWdG6tHsZUKxFKLX810+dGKWQzp4T6uZcUmPqDy6yRhI6dlh0JJgdlbHMKBW2SUB1x nwCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01sEr8QlFnuRNowtWZW94BZxNXQ/r4um+p7mzj563vrQLbNbp/tSHmmqAy9QLAeFNyQsQZrfAKegkkQ4g== X-Received: by 10.31.7.204 with SMTP id 195mr1185843vkh.175.1481815885685; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:31:25 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.31.88.66 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:31:24 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: David.I.Noel@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20161203175403.d51cba9f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20161124123456.056654ff@archlinux.localdomain> <20161124171051.GA32472@becker.bs.l> <3E.0D.19237.9CB8A385@dnvrco-omsmta01> <20161127085920.3dc07007@moonstudio> <20161203175403.d51cba9f.freebsd@edvax.de> From: David I Noel Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:31:24 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Replies to spam To: Polytropon Cc: Warren Block , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:31:27 -0000 Sounds like status-quo it is then. In the interest of continuing fruitless conversations on this mailing list, I move to create the position of "Common Sense Things Around Here" and nominate either one of you two seemingly reasonable people to the position. I'm currently in the process of creating a few hundred new email addresses from which I will +1 this reply. David On 12/3/16, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 09:14:51 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, David I Noel wrote: >> >> >> Forums do so as well, we are usually just not used to terminal >> >> browsers. >> > >> > A forum <=> list interface could solve that problem, no? >> >> I want to apologize, as mentioning the forums was not meant to be a >> suggestion to switch to them, but to point out that current computer >> users mostly use the web rather than mailing lists. A web interface to >> the mailing lists would be fine, provided it is usable. > > Wouldn't a web mailer be a possible solution here? It enables > the user to "stay on the web" / to "e-mail in Firefox" and > still benefit from the features unique to mailing lists? ;-) > > > > >> The volume of posts to -questions from new users has not been very high >> for years. To me, that does not seem like a compelling reason to keep >> the list open to posting without subscription. > > That is a quite valid point of view. New users might be fully > comfortable with registering for a subscription-only mailing > list as they already are used to register for "everything" > they use... > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >