Robert Watson wrote: > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Peter Wemm wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Mike Lempriere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've had it with the list spam -- is the any possibility of moderating > > > this > > > list, or changing it to must-be-subscriber-to-post? > > > > I for one would like this too. > > > > On one hand, it is inconvenient for people with multiple email addresses, > > but there is an easy way around that. What you do is subscribe twice, and > > go to the options page and turn off email for one of them. That way you > > can > > (for example) email with your normal address and receive email from the > > list > > on unique addresses for sorting or whatever. > > > > We do this on other lists for freebsd.org. However, we need to have > > mailman > > be a little smarter about it. Right now, it holds the messages for > > moderation. Instead, it needs to immediately bounce the email with > > instructions about what to do. Otherwise we have the situation where > > somebody emails and gets i the queue, then sends with the right address > > and > > it goes through. Later on, the message is approved and we get a duplicate > > on > > the list. > > If we're going to go that route, what I'd like to see is a message-free > freebsd-posters list I can join once using a posting address that is then > authorized to post to any list.
Yes, please. I'm not subsribed to the lists because I'm reading them through a one-way NNTP gateway ( and I guess I'm not the only one). I certainly wouldn't want to manage several dozens subscriptions just to be able to post to the lists. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"