Paul Johnson wrote: > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 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. > > No, you didn't. It's an open list. >
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. You can do so by sending a message with "subscribe" in the body at the [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > > http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/ > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > >> 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. > > 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. > >> 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
