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!"
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