On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 08:33:42PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ??? 5 septembre 2014 20:38 +0300, Juho Mäkinen <[email protected]> : > > > Restricting the list to subscribed user (subonlypost) is not a > > good thing either > > > > May I ask why this is not a good thing? I see no valid reason why not > > subscribed members should be allowed to post. The subscription already > > checks that the sender email is valid, thus should be a decent way to > > remove most of the spam with very little configuration and > > maintenance. > > > > I think all my other lists which I've subscribed require that you need > > to be subscribed so you can post. > > This can be cumbersome for someone wanting to just ask a question or > just send a patch. You need to subscribe, send your patch, then > unsubscribe. This can happen even when you are subscribed but used an > alternate email address for the patch (for example, your professional > email).
Exactly, that's what I faced several times on oss-sec when trying to post from work while I'm subscribed at home, and on postfix where I'm not subscribed and was simply replying to some e-mails where I was CCed for review of the proxy protocol implementation. It's quite frustrating to see your response ignored and people continue to debate over a question while your response lies in some moderator's queue. > On the top of my head, the Linux kernel mailing-list (and other related > mailing-lists) doesn't require subscription. Indeed. *This* list is not going to be subscribers only because it's the wrong solution to the spam problem : spam must not prevent people from communicating normally. Thanks, Willy
