On 21.09.06 12:39, Stephen wrote: > It's not appropriate in my view, to allow anyone to post to debian-user, > without first subscribing. Apparently, anyone can post to debian-user, > without needing to do that step. I don't buy the argument that it's too > much of a hurdle to expect a newbie to debian to subscribe -- > Subscribing to e-mail lists is done pretty much everywhere, so it's an > expected task, by pretty much anyone using them.
I have already seen spammer subscribed to the mailing list just to push the spam into it. We may expect more, as lists will become more closed. I don't think that closing mailing lists is the right way to fight against spam. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. On the other hand, you have different fingers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
