From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua>
To: gene.heskett@verizononline.net
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.14.5
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:02:35 +0200
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On Tuesday 27 December 2005 22:40, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 December 2005 15:01, Grant Coady wrote:
> >On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:33:35 -0800 (PST), "David S. Miller" 
> <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> >>Please report it to the netfilter mailing list, which is
> >>where the netfilter developers listen and can attend to
> >>your report.
> >>
> >>Thanks a lot.
> >
> >Why bother?
> >
> >"
> >Your request to the netfilter-devel mailing list
> >
> >    Posting of your message titled "Re: Linux 2.6.14.5"
> >
> >has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
> >following reason for rejecting your request:
> >
> >"Non-members are not allowed to post messages to this list."
> >
> >Any questions or comments should be directed to the list
> > administrator at:
> >
> >    netfilter-devel-owner@lists.netfilter.org
> >"
> >
> >Grant.
> >
> I too have been rejected at that address.  Like Grant, why bother seems 
> to be the appropriate response.  If they want to here soonest when 
> there is a problem, then the moderator should clear what is obviously 
> not a spam message to the list in a reasonable time frame.  Its never 
> happened to me but once and I was bascily told to "go away little 
> boy." 

Moderators of mailing lists scale badly compared to number
China-hosted hosts spewing tons of TCP traffic to port 25...

> I'm already subbed to about 40 lists, and while there are some I could 
> drop to make room for others, my interests are best described as 
> ecclectic.
> 
> If the netfilter folks want to be artificialy quiet, shrug.

I guess they prefer bugs to be reported thru bugzilla.
I just reported one yesterday.
--
vda
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