Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964846AbWHHLQD (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:16:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964849AbWHHLQD (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:16:03 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:20098 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964846AbWHHLQB (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:16:01 -0400 From: Neil Brown To: "Alexey Zaytsev" Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 21:15:56 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17624.29292.673708.654588@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: Re: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list? In-Reply-To: message from Alexey Zaytsev on Tuesday August 8 References: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D Hello, list. > > What are the objections to makeing lkml and other lists at vget > subscribers-only? Yes. Many. I think this is in the FAQ. (hhmm.. just looked, it isn't exactly). > Non-subscribers messages could still be allowed after moderation. > I get 1/4 of my spam from lkml, and see no benefit from allowing > non-subscribers to freely post to the list. If you are not subscribed, > you just have to wait until your mail gets approved by the moderator, > and it is not hard to subscribe anyway. We want to barrier to posting to be low so that people will post bug reports. We want to hear about bug reports. really really. Were you volunteering to be a moderator? What sort of minimum delay would you guarantee :-) NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/