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Re: [opensuse-project] foo@xxxxxxxxxxxx is a subscribers only list
- From: Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:50:58 +0200
- Message-id: <fbj9r2$t45$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> I have been contributing to free software projects for over ten years,
> but none I can remember appears as unfriendly when someone not
> subscribed to a list tries to post to that list.
>
> Why do we have such a strict setup? As evidenced by hosts like
> gcc.gnu.org, it is possibly to keep lists spam free without it.
There are plenty of examples to the contrary. Most lists I subscribe to
have a subscribers-only policy.
I think it's perfectly alright.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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> I have been contributing to free software projects for over ten years,
> but none I can remember appears as unfriendly when someone not
> subscribed to a list tries to post to that list.
>
> Why do we have such a strict setup? As evidenced by hosts like
> gcc.gnu.org, it is possibly to keep lists spam free without it.
There are plenty of examples to the contrary. Most lists I subscribe to
have a subscribers-only policy.
I think it's perfectly alright.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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