Changing mailing list subscription policy

[Linas Vepstas]

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>linas@linas.org (Linas Vepstas) wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I've been thinking about changing the gnucash-user mailing-list=20
>> posting policy from "subscribers-only" to "anyone".   Anyone
>> care to express an opinion?
>
>yes - what exactly problem are we trying to solve by doing that?

There are a number of non-subscribers who try to post to the list,
and thier posts get held up.  I'd like to see thier posts go through.

The "problem" is that an admin (me, chris lyttle) needs to review
the list daily, and allow the valid posts.  I, at least, do not
review the list daily (or even weekly).  Changing it would pass
through valid messages at the cost of passing spam as well.  This
change really does require everyone to have good spam filters,=20
otherwise it becomes unusable.

--linas

>I've been mostly a lurker here on the list, but I'd much rather see
>things stay as they are - I'm on some other lists and get spam from
>them, and my address gets harvested, and so forth.  I'd have to unsubscribe
>from the lists, which I'd rather not do.
>
>Notice that I sent this only to you, since I don't want/cannot allow my=20
>new email address getting harvested.  Feel free to forward and quote as
>you will, just please remove the domain name...



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