Anand Kumria said:
> No it's not. If you clap both your hands over your ears (analogous to
> restricting posting to subscribers only) but give responses when
> people pull one of your hands off, that isn't being friendly.
Quite the contrary. At a public venue providing adiquate security to
ensure those inside come to no harm is not being unfriendly, it is being
responsible and, in turn, providing for a friendly environment. Like it
or not, you are in the security business when you are a list manager.
> Preventing people from asking questions is being responsible?
Preventing the system in your care from being abused is being responsible.
>> > Open posting is *good*. Yes, I get spam because of it,
>> These two statements are contrary. Open posting is *BAD*.
> In your opinion.
Just as yours is an opinion.
> In the opinion of the listmasters the benefits of open posting
> outweigh your arguments.
Difference is my opinion has daily reminders for thousands of people on
just why open posting is bad. It has concrete evidence backing it up
while yours is based on your subjective feelings and not the objective
evidence at hand.
> You can continue to discuss this if you like, but you aren't adding
> any value to other list participants. So if you want to discuss pleae
> refrain yourself and don't.
Well, so much for being friendly. Might I suggest ear muffs for your
ears; they're more comfortable than your hands.
> Nothing is going to change, so if you aren't happy with the setup of
> debian-user then it probably isn't the list for you and you should
> consider unsubscribing.
Nothing is going to change. I'll keep that in mind.
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Steve Lamb