[Buildbot-devel] spam on list

[Eli Carter]

On Tuesday 17 April 2007, Brian Warner wrote:
> "Gianluca Sforna" <giallu at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > why don't just block non subscribes from posting? There are always
> > other means to send messages w/o subscribing, for example through
> > gmane[1].
> 
> A general question for everybody: Would people be ok with this policy? I 
know
> that some lists try to remain open to questions from people who don't plan 
to
> stick around for a while (or who are posting from alternate addresses). 
Would
> you have been less willing to ask your first question here if you had had to
> subscribe first?

I think a closed -devel list is reasonable, though I think it would be good to 
have a -users list that isn't.

Just my 2 bits,

Eli