On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 02:03:48PM -0400, Daniel Gryniewicz wrote: > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:47:14 +0200 > "Markus Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Drew, Jeroen, > > > > > If anybody wants to send a patch to the list we don't want to block > > > attachments...., or we could block attatchments, and just > > > have somebody to > > > send all of the patches to (possibly Eric or myself--though I > > > can't post > > > them to savannah in my windows box--I have to reboot to do > > > that...;-( ). > > > Just an idea--and since patches are only text, you can just > > > in-line them > > > into the e-mail itself. > > > > No one has spoken about attachments or spamfilters. It's just that one > > should _block_ _emails_ _from_ _people_ _that_ _are_ _not_ _subscribed_ > > to the list! So all these damn chinese spam messages could be blocked. I > > got over 20 of them during the last month via the Plex86 Mailing list, > > and so have you, I suppose. I know approximately no other mailing list > > where you can post if you haven't subscribed. > > > > > > Markus > > Actually, every list I'm on allows that. This includes LKML, plex86, > linux-nfs, atheos, and a few others.
This is also true for the list I'm on, that includes the Debian and GNU lists. I think it's very useful to allow posts from people who aren't subscribed. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
