Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Marc Schwartz
François Pinard wrote: > [Dieter Menne] >> hadley wickham gmail.com> writes: > >>> Unless nabble/gmane have hefty anti-spam protection in place, spammers >>> will misuse those services. A centralised target is just too >>> tempting. > >> Works well for gmane. You must be subscribed, and you hav

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread François Pinard
[Dieter Menne] >hadley wickham gmail.com> writes: >> Unless nabble/gmane have hefty anti-spam protection in place, spammers >> will misuse those services. A centralised target is just too >> tempting. >Works well for gmane. You must be subscribed, and you have to enter >a word from a blurbed w

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Martin Maechler
> "DM" == Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:07:06 -0500 writes: DM> On 1/31/2008 6:48 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >>> "DM" == Dieter Menne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:58:54 + (UTC) writes: >> DM> Martin Maechl

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Dieter Menne
hadley wickham gmail.com> writes: > Unless nabble/gmane have hefty anti-spam protection in place, spammers > will misuse those services. A centralised target is just too > tempting. Works well for gmane. You must be subscribed, and you have to enter a word from a blurbed what's-that-called pict

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread hadley wickham
> If you are *subscribed* to R-help, there definitely won't be a > problem. > Otherwise, such posting may have to wait for moderator approval, > but I think that maybe could be changed to work automatically > {at least as long as the spammers don't misuse it}. Unless nabble/gmane have hefty anti-s

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 1/31/2008 6:48 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >> "DM" == Dieter Menne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:58:54 + (UTC) writes: > > DM> Martin Maechler stat.math.ethz.ch> writes: > >> > >> The consequence of this will be that .. before the weekend .. > >>

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Martin Maechler
> "DM" == Dieter Menne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:58:54 + (UTC) writes: DM> Martin Maechler stat.math.ethz.ch> writes: >> >> The consequence of this will be that .. before the weekend .. >> only __e-mail addresses__ subscribed to R-help will be a

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-31 Thread Dieter Menne
Martin Maechler stat.math.ethz.ch> writes: > > The consequence of this will be that .. before the weekend .. > only __e-mail addresses__ subscribed to R-help will be allowed to post to > R-help without any moderation, and we are even considering outright > rejection all non-subscribers, these la

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-30 Thread Ted Harding
On 30-Jan-08 18:46:52, Marc Schwartz wrote: > Martin Maechler wrote: >> Dear R-help mailing list readers, >> >> After some discussion among R foundation members (and friends), >> we have agreed that ``the spammer mafia (*)'' has momentarily >> won a battle: >> >> After more than ten years of open

Re: [R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-30 Thread Marc Schwartz
Martin Maechler wrote: > Dear R-help mailing list readers, > > After some discussion among R foundation members (and friends), > we have agreed that ``the spammer mafia (*)'' has momentarily won a > battle: > > After more than ten years of open and free mailing lists devoted > to R (development,

[R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

2008-01-30 Thread Martin Maechler
Dear R-help mailing list readers, After some discussion among R foundation members (and friends), we have agreed that ``the spammer mafia (*)'' has momentarily won a battle: After more than ten years of open and free mailing lists devoted to R (development, use, etc), the increasing volume of spa