Am 2004-05-11 20:53:34, schrieb Henning Makholm: >Rejecting posts with a From address that is not also a subscriber >address is Not An Option: > > 1) It will prevent me from posting to the lists unless I change my > From address to the one that I use for receiving mail from that > list, which Right, I will have the same problem, but I download with 36 different E-Mails (one per ML) in my local courier-imap with shared folder and all 97 local user can read it without downloading the E-Mails a second time and waste my resources. > a) will cause that address to be exposed in the public list > archives, and I get quite enough spam on my public address, > thank you, There are mailinglist software which allow subscribe and the "set no-mail" option, maybe Debian can activate this option if smartlist support it > b) will therefore vastly *increase* the amount of spam that lands > in my debian-foo mailbox, even though the amount that reaches > it via lists.debian.org itself may drop to 0, > c) will prevent me from crossposting, even to two lists I both > subscribe to, even in circumstances is appropriate, and > d) will make it impossible to people to reply to me privately. > I want private replies in to go to *different* address than > the one I receive list mail on. This can be solved with the "set no-mail" option in most ML Software > That would make me shut up and leave the project quickly. Well, > Debian as a whole will probably not even notice losing whatever > braincycles I could have contributed, but I assume that there are > many others who, like me, like to separate list mail from private > mail. If we're *all* forced away, the effect *will* be noticeable. I agree... > 3) Many Debian lists are not only discussion fora, but *contact > points* for specific functions in the project. The ease with with > people can contact these lists will be greatly reduced if we have > to say Maybe... > 5) The number of morons who manage to subscribe to a list only do be > hit by severe amnesia and become unable to follow the clear and > easy unsubscription instructions at the bottom of every list mail > will increase dramatically, because more morons will be forced to > subscribe in the first place. The number of "plaese unsucbirbe me" > emails may become comparable with the number of spams a > subscribers-only policy will keep at bay. Let the mailinglist pase the body for unsubscribe :-) >Henning Makholm "Al lykken er i ét ord: Overvægtig!" Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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