On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 08:43:30PM +0200 or thereabouts, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 21.09.06 12:39, Stephen wrote: > > It's not appropriate in my view, to allow anyone to post to debian-user, > > without first subscribing. Apparently, anyone can post to debian-user, > > without needing to do that step. I don't buy the argument that it's too > > much of a hurdle to expect a newbie to debian to subscribe -- > > Subscribing to e-mail lists is done pretty much everywhere, so it's an > > expected task, by pretty much anyone using them. > > I have already seen spammer subscribed to the mailing list just to push the > spam into it. We may expect more, as lists will become more closed. I don't > think that closing mailing lists is the right way to fight against spam.
Well, it's would certainly be better than the status quo in my opinion.
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Regards
Stephen
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