Re: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list?

[Alexey Zaytsev]

On 08 Aug 2006 07:55:33 -0400, Jes Sorensen <jes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> "Alexey" == Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Alexey> On 08 Aug 2006 13:23:50 +0200, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> You would make bug reports impossible from normal people who don't
> >> want to subscribe fully. It would totally wreck the development
> >> model.
> Alexey> If they don't want to subscribe, they can just report to the
> Alexey> list as usual, theyr mail will be only slightly delayed
> Alexey> because of moderation.  We could even use some sort of white
> Alexey> lists, if a user's mail was once approved, all his further
> Alexey> mail will be accepthed without moderation.
>
> At 400-500 mails per day, who is going to handle the moderation? Sure
> only a portion would be held back, but there's plenty other work to do
> and we want fast turnaround for user bug reports, so if a user is
> asked a question he/she can respond quickly with more details.

I'm sure not all the 500 mails are from non-subscribers, and, as I
told, we could split
the traffic between a large number of moderators.

> Moderation is a bad idea, right up there with C++ kernel modules, and
> splitting the source code into smaller tarballs. For some reason they
> all seem to get proposed again and again on a semi regular basis. If
> people would just read the archives.....

Ok, if this idea was discussed repeatedly, I'll giveup.

> Just install a proper spam filter like everyone else.
>
> Jes
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