Re: Administrivia: Discussion - Making this list subscriber-only

From: Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk)
Date: 08/27/02 

Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:32:41 +0100
From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 11:49:53AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> Hello Security list members
>
> I got an overwhelmingly positive (off-list, thanks!) response to
> my complaint that this list's signal-to-noise ratio was terrible.
>
> Some folks are still replying to spam on list, but the noise figure
> has dropped significantly. Thank you!
>
> I would very much like to make this list subscriber-only. This will
> cut down dramatically on spam and the inevitable misdirected
> 'subscribe' postings. The downside is that folks will not be able
> to reply to the list if they receive it via a list redirector (IE
> if a corporate role account/list-alias has been used to subscribe).
> In this case, those folks would become read-only members (which may
> in some cases be OK). Other folks would need to subscribe to the
> list with their 'real' email address.
>
> Comments? Suggestions? (Keep it brief and focussed, folks!)

As I noted in a private mail to you maybe a regular "list charter/FAQ"
could be mailed here. That would be a reminder to the readership
of what is and isn't allowed in conversation. I feel that it's
worth trying that before closing the list. I've seen it work well
in other places.

Joe 

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and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert
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