Re: Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-19 Thread Simon Geard
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 22:02 -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Dan Winkler wrote: there for i suggest email address's should be viewable ONLY by list suscribers and said sucribers also get some sort of option to hide the email address aswell That is doable, but it would prevent Google and

Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
I have closed the BLFS lists to non-subscribers. For now, the lists will hold posts by non-subscribers to list admins for moderation. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above

Re: Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-18 Thread Uli Fahrenberg
Bruce Dubbs, Apr 18, 11:48 -0500: We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for each account. Non-member email would go

Re: Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-18 Thread Peter B. Steiger
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 21:54 +0200, Uli Fahrenberg wrote: Essentially I believe it was agreed then that as -support is, well, for support, people should not be required to subscribe first, as this would keep some from asking support questions. How? There is no cost, and you don't have to

Re: Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-18 Thread Dan Winkler
I for One Have no issue with this spam really isnt my main concern but attempts to spam the lists with virus's is (example [EMAIL PROTECTED]) also ive noticed alot of porn now coming though my email box if they are not able to spam the lists they will rip the email address's from the list

Re: Closing BLFS Lists to non-subscribers

2006-04-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Dan Winkler wrote: there for i suggest email address's should be viewable ONLY by list suscribers and said sucribers also get some sort of option to hide the email address aswell That is doable, but it would prevent Google and other search engines from seeing the lists too. We want the