Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:57:09 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only Message-ID: <3D6B8535.D3E1DB4@liwing.de> References: <200208271049.g7RAnrl5019226@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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Mark Murray wrote:
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> 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.
For that you should really use a spam filter.
> 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.
>
> 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.
This allows to post validated senders only but keeps freedom to all
people who wants post.
I do not like restricted use. The end doesn't justifies the means!
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