Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-19 Thread =?x-unknown?q?J=F6rn_Nettingsmeier?=
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Paul Winkler wrote: Hi folks, your friendly temporary list-admin here. (Joern's on vacation and I'm filling in.) chiming in from my vacation (i'm currently in thorshfn, north iceland wih a friend and she lets me use her machine :) the only reason lad has been open was to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread John Littler
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 08:12 AM, Paul Winkler wrote: I'd like to take an informal poll: Should the LAD list remain totally open, or should non-member postings require moderator approval? moderator approval would be good

Re: Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Örjan Askhult
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:09:24 -0400 Paul Winkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more bit of information... I'm not sure if everybody knows that there was a good reason the list policy was set to open. *please follow up to the other thread*, this is just an aside... From

RE: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Cornell III, Howard M
What? And give up the chance to make 33% commission helping some foreigner move an account their father/uncle/husband/sister left unavailable to them Sure. -Original Message- From: Paul Winkler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:13 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Jack O'Quin
Robert Jonsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is some crossposting occuring that, atleast sometimes, is worth while. If the list is closed this won't be possible if not all senders are members of all the mailinglists, and that is hardly the purpose. This actually works fairly well already

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Dave Phillips
Jack O'Quin wrote: ... I would vote++ for the suggestion to moderate non-member postings. Agreed. Best regards, == Dave Phillips

Re: Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Winkler
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:55:41PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: Without saying my opinion (which is ambivalent, because I use spamassassin and often don't see the spam coming through) I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I'm going to look into getting SpamAssasin in the pipe

Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Winkler
One more bit of information... I'm not sure if everybody knows that there was a good reason the list policy was set to open. *please follow up to the other thread*, this is just an aside... From http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelad.php3: The list is open. You can post messages even

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Tarragon Allen
On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:25, ljp wrote: On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:12, Paul Winkler wrote: Hi folks, your friendly temporary list-admin here. (Joern's on vacation and I'm filling in.) We seem to be getting quite a lot of spam lately. Currently the list is open - non-members can

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Luke Yelavich
At 05:12 PM 14/08/2003, Paul Winkler wrote: We seem to be getting quite a lot of spam lately. Currently the list is open - non-members can post. I'd like to take an informal poll: Should the LAD list remain totally open, or should non-member postings require moderator approval? I should point

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Alfons Adriaensen
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:12:55AM -0400, Paul Winkler wrote: Should the LAD list remain totally open, or should non-member postings require moderator approval? Given the amount of spam we're having the last days, I'd say the list should be moderated for non-members, and for new members

Re: Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Winkler
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:57:12PM +0200, ?rjan Askhult wrote: Hi, When this was discussed on lmkl the answer from Matti Aarnio -- co-postmaster of vger.kernel.org was: Running lists _closed_ doesn't solve the thing either. It would be enough for a spammer to fake source address that

Re: Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, Paul Winkler hat gesagt: // Paul Winkler wrote: One more bit of information... I'm not sure if everybody knows that there was a good reason the list policy was set to open. [...] Without saying my opinion (which is ambivalent, because I use spamassassin and often don't see the spam

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

2003-08-14 Thread ljp
On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:12, Paul Winkler wrote: Hi folks, your friendly temporary list-admin here. (Joern's on vacation and I'm filling in.) We seem to be getting quite a lot of spam lately. Currently the list is open - non-members can post. I'd like to take an informal poll: