Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: goodbye | Date | Sat, 07 Apr 2001 19:07:20 -0700 (PDT) | From | (Colonel) |
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In list.kernel, you wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:14:33PM -0700, Michael Peddemors wrote: >> I think that this is one list where we have to keep the ability to post >> from individuals separate from the need to make sure that their ISP or >> company is compliant to a set a of rules.. The LKML can't toe the >> strictest of lines, without loosing some possibly valuable >> contributors.. > > Well, comparing how much spam goes thru linux-mm vs. linux-kernel, > I would say our methods are fairly effective.
A stupid measure, since you cannot determine what was rejected, i.e. how many babies you threw out with the bathwater.
> The incentive behind the DUL is to force users not to post > straight out to the world, but to use their ISP's servers > for outbound email --- normal M$ users do that, after all.
Some ISPs rely on crap software & OS to process email, and have other bad habits besides. Censorship usually does more bad than good (especially since dealing with 80% of the spam is trivial for procmail), as has been pointed out in this case. The stupidity of the this approach is well shown by the email-blacklist groups blacklisting each other, I would think that lkml had more brains.
Controlling email is a power game, where you set yourself up as a tin god and proclaim that you alone know what is safe for the "dumb" masses to read. Perhaps the lkml sheep will abide by such control, but I would think that 'free software' would have 'free discussions'.
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