Keith Moore wrote:
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> 1. it's unreasonable to expect occasional commentators to subscribe to a list
> before sending traffic there.
#include "we_all_dug_our_heels_in_over_this_topic_12_months_ago.h"
> (it's completely reasonable to expect them to
> read the charter, and any drafts they are commenting on, but not to jump
> through extra hoops and to flood their mailboxes with unwanted traffic)
I think we've already established that send-only addresses are possible.
This removes the issues of being flooded by incoming mails from a list to
which you're cross-posting.
> 2. it's unreasonable to expect those who post from one address and subscribe
> to the list using a different address, to have to know a secret handshake
> that puts their posting address on the whitelist.
Why on earth would the handshake be secret?
> A simple fix for #2 is to put the instructions for getting on the whitelist
> on the WG's charter page, and on any other announcements for the list.
Precisely.
cheers,
gja
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