On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Andreas Beck wrote:
> Sorry about the inconvenience for non-subscribers.
> The point is not to close ourselves to "outsiders", but to keep spam at bay. 
> We even had incidents of spam getting through, though we only let subscribers 
> post.
> 
> If you think you have something to contribute, and don't want to go through
> something like "subscribe/post/unsubscribe", please send mail to one of us
> personally. Please pick someone you think is suitable (e.g. the author of
> the piece of code in question), or, if you don't know whom you should pick,
> just pick me. 

Hmm... How about a web form for one-off posts to the lists; that's more
trouble than most spammers will go through.

(Usually when I'm in a situation like this I just subscribe, post, unsubscribe 
and check the list archives for answers.)

--
Brian



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