Daniel Stone wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:06:53AM +0100, Robert van der Meulen wrote:
> > > Quoting Bas Zoetekouw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > > > Now you can boost the reliability of ordinary Windows 3.x, 95 and 98
> > > > > to
> > > > > nearly the level of Windows NT or 2000, Microsoft's professional and
> > > > > industrial
> > > > > version of Windows.
> > > > Hmm, the debian lists get quite a lot of spam lately. Is there anything
> > > > that can be done about this?
> > > Close debian-devel for posting by non-subscribers, ask for volunteers who
> > > would like to 'moderate' debian-devel, and have them look at the rejected
> > > messages and accept them if on-topic.
> > > Every mailing list i know has these functions, I was also wondering why we
> > > weren't using such a system ;)
> >
> > Every mailing list software might have these functions, but none of the
> > open project mailing lists that I know of do this. linux-kernel, gcc,
> > glibc, openldap.
> >
> > There's a very good reason for this. Not the least of which is the effort
> > in keeping it up. Secondly, not all developers use the same email
> > accounts. I, for example, have three email accounts from which I post to
> > Debian-devel.
>
> Solution: Pick one you like, stick to it, even if it means having
> forwarders, having to SSH in, faking senders, whatever.
anot her solution is the one I've seen svlug.org using: you can
subscribe without email being sent to you (they use mailman, IIRC). So
you can subscribe all your addresses and sent email to list from all of
them but receive email from list only in one account.
erik
