On May 14, 2013, at 10:18 PM, Da Rock <freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> I'm a big fan of _not_ having to subscribe to a list to get a quick hand with > a one off problem (obviously not this one!)- otherwise too many lists get > subscribed to, oodles of messages come in which you can't do anything about > and so forth (so its not simply just a matter of subscribe, unsubscribe as > noted). Unfortunately, many see it as a spam filter and thereby abuse it. How > often do you need help with an issue with libreoffice, mozilla whatever, or > other application? And yet subscription is compulsory and a ton of messages > (devs convs mostly) come flooding in within minutes. Other lists I have been on had both a list and a forum that accessed the same content. While I see that FreeBSD has both, I do not think they share content. A forum gateway to the list would permit folks to sign up for the forum and NOT get a ton of email. If the forum were publicly readable that would also provide a way to look through (if not search) the archives. I am not trying to make work for people, just suggesting another way to address the competing issues of SPAM reduction and ease of access. -- Paul Kraus Deputy Technical Director, LoneStarCon 3 Sound Coordinator, Schenectady Light Opera Company _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"