3 Feb
2002
3 Feb
'02
9:27 a.m.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
The idea is only as bad as your mailer's ability to filter. Given that
your message-id shows that you're using Pine, I'd suggest enabling the
filtering within that mail program.
MAIN MENU -> SETUP -> Rules -> Filters
An overview on Pine filtering is available at the following URL:
http://www.washington.edu/pine/tech-notes.4.21/config.html#filter-config
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
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.
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!!!
Because, it goes with our culture? So there's some debate on the list
as to whether we lock list submissions to non-subscribers or not, we're
allowed. You've got your opinion, other people have theirs. I've seen
no convincing argument made by either side as to why their suggestion is
the one true way. Providing a mechanism which allows people to choose
their options seems a lot less stupid than throwing a tantrum over
something you don't control.
-brian.