2 Feb
2002
2 Feb
'02
11:20 p.m.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Jerome Fine wrote:
Um, this idea sucks. What if I don't use a mailer that supports
filtering?
Look, the discussion over this issue is stupid. Why the HELL do we have
to discuss every gawd damn issue that comes up to death? I FUCKING HATE
DEMOCRACIES!!!
If Jay would just pop his head in once in a while and respond to messages
regarding list maintenance, we could get this issue solved once and for
all.
MAKE THE LIST WRITEABLE BY SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!!!
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One alternative method INSTEAD of moderating for the short term is
to identify ALL incoming which are NOT from a subscriber in some
special manner. That way, if some individuals want to filter just those
messages, that would be very easy. If that works, then it may not be
a problem at all!
I quite like this idea. It's a good compromise between leaving things
as they are, and outright blocking non-subscribers. Apart from pushing
the filtering decision out to the end user, it also will allow us to get
a better idea of how many non-subscriber submissions the list receives.