To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] maintainers: remove moderated arm list
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	<20050103175438.GL2980@stusta.de>
From: Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>
Reply-To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:37:01 +0900
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
> In my experience, the best solution is a list policy that allows 
> subscribers to post and requires moderator approval for non-members.
> This policy that is already used by several lists listed in MAINTAINERS 
> is IMHO a good compromise between avoiding spam and allowing 
> non-subscribers to post to the list.

Sounds great, but _every single time_ I've ever gotten one of those
"your message is awaiting moderation" messages from such a list, it's
inevitably followed a few hours/days later by a "your message has been
rejected" message.  In every case, the message I sent was definitely a
no-brainer to allow, so I can only guess that either the moderation
system is broken, or the moderators are.

Are there actually any lists out there where this mechanism works properly?

As it is, it's even more annoying than an immediate rejection.

-miles
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