On 26 February 2024 11:03:05 GMT, "Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]" <imsop....@rwec.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, at 20:02, Rob Landers wrote: >> Before I get to the meat of this email, first of all, IMHO, anyone should be >> able to email the list, even if they are not a >> member of the list. I've had to email ubuntu lists about bugs before and I >> really have no desire to join those lists, but >> I was always able to just send the email to the list just fine.
That's not true. There was a complex pre-auth system in use that you had to do once (the "confirmed list"). >The biggest problem with an open list is how to manage spam Exactly. See the results of that on the php-announce list which was open for a few hours. We can't make this an open list. >Exactly the same way you subscribed, I believe: via the web form, or using >+unsubscribe in the to address. Correct. cheers Derick
