Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list? | Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:02:27 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 08 August 2006 13:47, Alexey Zaytsev wrote: > On 08 Aug 2006 13:23:50 +0200, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote: > > "Alexey Zaytsev" <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Hello, list. > > > > > > What are the objections to makeing lkml and other lists at vget > > > subscribers-only? > > > > You would make bug reports impossible from normal people who > > don't want to subscribe fully. It would totally wreck the > > development model. > If they don't want to subscribe, they can just report to the list as > usual, theyr mail will be only slightly delayed because of moderation. > We could even use some sort of white lists, if a user's mail was once > approved, all his further mail will be accepthed without moderation.
That would apply to all of my email - and I send a lot. I'm not actually subscribed but read it through a newsgroup.
Also I don't think it's practical because of the volume and the turnaround time and there isn't really that much spam on l-k anyways.
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