On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 04:31:50PM -0500, Peter Teuben wrote: > yOn Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Ben Stern wrote: > > >On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:40:59AM -0500, Daniel Carter wrote: > >>This debate comes up every year or so. > >>I can convert the listserv to be members-only if wanted, anyone opposed? > > > >The typical counterargument is that it is a barrier to new members (such as > >the people who hear about the LUG at the FLF and so on). > > i don't think that's a strong argument anymore. It's trivial to subscribe > and be a member, takes a few minutes of following a majordomo signup. > Almost > all newsletters i subscribe: > - do this > - have spam (but fairly mild compared to my normal spam box) > so go figure....
I agree with Peter, with the only caveat being -- if we block non-list members from posting, does mail from non-list members get silently dropped or do they get a polite(-ish) bounce? Also, FWIW, I've totally given up on majordomo and moved everything in my contorl to mailman. - Rob .
