On Thu, 26 May 2016 13:50:26 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: >A question for the moderators: do you get many creationist nuts who >mistake the purpose of this list? (That alone is sufficient reason to >keep to subscribers only!)
Assumed an experienced Linux user doing some research randomly notice an unanswered request in a mailing list archive, of a list this user isn't subscribed too, then the advantage of open or half-open mailing lists is, that this user could provide help, without the need to subscribe. It makes sense to allow only subscribers, to post to mailing lists that are highly specialised, since it makes it easier to reject spam. Because highly specialised topics are seldom important to Jane and John Public an half-open or open mailing list gains nothing. If a mailing list requires subscription, you'll end up with people subscribing for one question and then they start spamming the list with sending "unsubscribe" to [email protected] instead of [email protected] or even much more annoying mails to the list, because they are unable to unsubscribe. Each approach has pros and cons. IMO for Evolution as a much used MUA, that belongs to the GNOME DE, the approach of a half-opened mailing list is the best choice. Closing the list for people who aren't subscribed comes with disadvantages, at least expect to get many "unsubscribe" messages, sent to the list and don't expect that you easily could filter those mails by the subject or something like that, since people will capture a thread, e.g. "Re: [Evolution] Performance Issues", they don't change the subject, they quote the complete original message and on top of the mail body they simply write "unsubscribe", or "take me from your list". Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
