On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 1:59 AM, Thomas Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The [email protected] (aka freebsd-ports@) mailing list now requires > you to > > subscribe to the list before posting. This brings us two important > benefits: > > > * This should cut back tremendously on spam coming through the list. > > > * Users are more likely to find better answers to their questions: The > first > > three times a question is asked, it gets detailed replies. The fourth > through > > nth times usually get a one sentence reply. > > > This ONLY affects sending messages to the list. It does NOT affect: > > - Receiving messages or replies > > - Viewing the archives (https://www.freebsd.org/ > community/mailinglists.html) > > - Searching the archives > > > If you have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask! > > # Adam > > > > Adam Weinberger > > Why only the freebsd-ports mailing list and no others? > > Other FreeBSD mailing lists get spam, and I thought freebsd-questions was > the biggest target for spam. > > NetBSD mailing lista are also spam targets. > > Tom > While I don't have a list, when I changes my default "From:" address a while back, i discovered that several FreeBSD lists are subscriber-only as my posts started getting responses that my message was being held as I was not a subscriber to the list. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
