Re: closing mailing lists (was: spamcop)

[Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 09:34 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> One can endlessly debate the issue, but at the end of the day, if the 
> majority wish this to be implemented, then it should be done. The views of a 
> few, should never outweigh those of the majority, and it doesn't in the
> slightest prevent people from getting help. If an individual wants help,
> then the 5 second process of registering and confirmation is a very
> minor speed bump along the way to getting that help -- It's not like
> one is being asked to pay a fee for support.

I tend to think if a user is not competent enough to figure out how to
send a subscribe e-mail, and respond to the confirmation e-mail, using
Debian might be too big a challenge, with or without the help from this
list.

Hans