<quote who="Jon Biddell">
> Are you saying that the amount of work to impliment a subscribers-only
> posting rule would be onerous ?
Yes. Approving posts for non-subscribers and people who will undoubtedly
post with different email addresses will be a lot of work. Currently, our
moderation is very close to 100% discarding spam.
> I agree with the thread you quoted in part - about the list being "... a
> great resource ...", so lets keep it that way by denyingn posting to
> non-subscribers.
>
> After all, if they can't be bothered subscribing (as in "it's too hard"),
> then they are going to find Linux hard going anyway...
That's only part of the issue. Some people post with different email
addresses, some prefer to read the archives and post occasionally because
the traffic is too high, etc.
- Jeff
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