Re: [opensuse-project] Announcing the official openSUSE Forums

I understand it is possible to force requirement of a login/pass for nntp posting. That method could make moderation and spam fighting easier, no?

It is possible, but it's a manual process. The forums at http://forums.novell.com has had almost 10,000 registrations since February 11th and the cost/beneft to handle that isn't there. The Novell forums have been running with NNTP since 1994 and there is no significant problem with moderation & spam fighting. NNTP posts have a user ID and an IP address and can be handled almost as easily as a web forum post. Keep in mind we're not talking about feeding USENET here. There is no tie in from the Novell NNTP servers to USENET.