Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:35:19 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Morsal Roudbay" <morsal@swipnet.se> Cc: "J S" <spl1t_h0r1z0n@usa.net>, "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: [Re: spammers] Message-ID: <000101c10e69$1ebf6820$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <000901c10e68$98d88980$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted > Mittelstaedt > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:32 PM > To: Morsal Roudbay > Cc: J S; Giorgos Keramidas; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: [Re: spammers] > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Morsal Roudbay > >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:04 AM > > >Ted, > >As u say, the ISPs dont bother if they get a single complaint.. > that's what > >I have experienced... I really dont see why this list cant be > closed, feel > >free to explain why it would work better open as it is now.. > > I frankly don't have a preference myself - however I don't run this list. > While I could concoct reasons why it is open I really don't know why the > list maintainer has chosen it to be open. I do know that managing the > servers and this list does create work for somebody, and I wouldn't > presume to tell that person how to do their job unless I was prepared to > take it over. ;-) The easy answer... look at any FreeBSD CD from Wind River. questions@freebsd.org is the official support e-mail address now. To make it a closed e-mail address for subscribers only would be discouraging to newbies that have to ask questions and don't understand what a mailing list is. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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