Re: First general purpose unmoderated newsgroup for Debian
Paul Johnson wrote:
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> Madhusudan Singh <msdebian@yahoo.com> writes:
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>> This is not a "fracture" or "duplication". To post to this group, I had
>> to reveal my email address and go through a two email process of
>> subscription.
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> No, you didn't. It's an open list.
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It is not. I received the following message from a moderation robot when I
tried to post a message to linux.debian.user :
"linux.debian.user is a moderated newsgroup in gateway
with a mailing list.
Your article has been examined by the automatic moderation program
and has been refused because:
this hierarchy accepts posts only from registered users.
You can register for posting by subscribing to the
linux-gate@lists.bofh.it
mailing list. You can do so by sending a message with "subscribe" in
the
body at the linux-gate-request@lists.bofh.it address or by visiting
http://lists.bofh.it/listinfo/linux-gate ."
That does not sound very "open" to me.
>> Those things might not be problematic for you, but as a long time user of
>> the Usenet, I find these requirements onerous, and in the present day
>> spam ridden Net experience, even inviting trouble, since this is a
>> glorified mailing list.
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> http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/
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> You just need to manage your mail better and report email abuse if you
> think that.
I might have to do that for the spam that is everyone's lot these days. I
see little reason to multiply my problems by revealing my email address
(though I had to for this to get this message to this not so "open" list).
Especially as one can do it simply by using a spammers-go@spam.invalid style
email address in one's Usenet postings (possible elsewhere but not on this
list that pretends to be a newsgroup), I see little point in going through
all the extra spam that joining any mailing list entails these days.
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>> And since other newsgroups like comp.os.linux.misc etc. have done very
>> well without moderation (whether automated or not), I do not see what
>> purpose is served with a moderated newsgroup.
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> Because it's distro-neutral.
alt.os.linux.slackware is hardly distro neutral, is it ? You want to discuss
distro specific successful unmoderated newsgroups, go right ahead. I have a
pretty long list.
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>> Its not as if linux.debian.user
>> discusses contentious issues where matters might get out of hand. Its a
>> support NG where one gives and receives help.
>
> linux.debian.user is a mirror of this list.
I sent this post to linux.debian.user.
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