On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > Jeez, each time this topic comes up people start throwing out stupid > ideas. Just run a spam filter will yah?
Sorry, but your suggestion to use a spam filter *is* the stupid idea. If this may be fixed by simply "running a spam filter", why such spam filter isn't running in the list server itself? Think of it. > Allowing non-subscribed people to post bug reports or help requests > is useful. Being forced to subscribe to just ask a question, or to > report a bug is moronic Multiplying a spam message by several hundreds (via the mailing list) is also moronic. > I have been bitten by this on several occasions and it is a damn > pain in the ass. In this case, there are so few Hurd users in the world that I don't think it would be so much trouble to allow posts from subscribed people only. The only way to keep a mailing list "open" without spam is by having one or more human beings moderating messages. I for one didn't subscribe to this list to receive spam. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
