Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:21:30 +0200 From: Yann Berthier <yb@sainte-barbe.org> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only Message-ID: <20020827132130.GB488@hsc.fr> In-Reply-To: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Mark Murray wrote: > Hello Security list members > > I got an overwhelmingly positive (off-list, thanks!) response to > my complaint that this list's signal-to-noise ratio was terrible. > > Some folks are still replying to spam on list, but the noise figure > has dropped significantly. Thank you! > > I would very much like to make this list subscriber-only. This will > cut down dramatically on spam and the inevitable misdirected > 'subscribe' postings. The downside is that folks will not be able > to reply to the list if they receive it via a list redirector (IE > if a corporate role account/list-alias has been used to subscribe). > In this case, those folks would become read-only members (which may > in some cases be OK). Other folks would need to subscribe to the > list with their 'real' email address. Please go for a subscriber-only list. I am subscribed to a lot of list having this policy and: . nobody seems to complain . the signal / noise ratio is definitly better. - yann To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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