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Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:11:47 -0400
From: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: "Matt Mackall" <mpm@selenic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH take #2] MAINTAINTERS: use our mail list as Blackfin arch maintainters.
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On 8/24/07, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> wrote:
> My observation is actually from the other side, Alan. I run a list
> that used to send exactly such messages and got complaints from people
> in this community about running a subscribers-only list. My natural
> conclusion was that the messages were considered to be a problem.
> Given that the moderation messages from Mailman actually mention
> "subscribers-only", I can't blame non-subscribers for feeling
> thwarted, frustrated, annoyed, or inconvenienced when they receive it.

there's a difference between getting a response that says it's being
held pending a moderator approving it and a response that says it's
been flat out rejected until you subscribe

> Since I was already whitelisting legitimate posters, I simply turned
> off the moderation messages back to the poster. Now the fact that the
> list is moderated is completely transparent and no one gets any rude
> automated messages.

that's easy enough to do
-mike
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