On 20.09.2012 11:40, sebb wrote:
Such forcing people to subscribe before being allowed to ask questions
is misguided in general. The anti-spam measure equates newbie-askers with
seasoned answerers...
Requiring subscription reduces spam.
That's not a valid reason in principle.
And it is not needed in practice either. For example, none of FreeBSD public
mailing lists require subscription -- yet spam is very rare. Automated tools
(spamassassin, etc.) let ham through, filter obvious spam out, and route the
edge-cases to a few human-moderators for review.
It works and works nicely. Yours,
-mi
