>At 4:30 PM -0500 8/31/97, Howard S Shubs wrote:
>>>On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 09:03:29 -0500
>>> Howard S Shubs <hshubs@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > >FREE Software Download!
>>> >
>>> > How the heck did -this- get into the list?  Isn't the list configured not
>>> > to allow non-members to post?
>>>
>>>No, it is not configured that way.  This is a deliberate policy decision.
>>>The idea is to make it easier for people who do not yet use NetBSD
>>>to ask questions about a particular port before subscribing.
>>
>>And my position is that that policy decision is a serious mistake.  How
>>often do we get posts from non-members?  Anyway, if someone can't be
>>bothered to join the list for the time it takes to ask a question and get
>>an answer, I can't be bothered to hear from them.  It's a good way to
>>prevent spam, at least until we make them illegal in this country.  But
>>that's politics.
>>
>
>i think the list should stay the way it is now. this is 1 spam message
>every...how many months?
>
>the current setup is appealing to users not subscribed to the list. more
>users is a good thing.

Question: When is a (list) user not a user?
Answer: When they're not joined to the list.


>we shouldn't be complaining, check out the last 4-5 issues of
>computerworld, big companies getting hit by spam.

_ANY_ spam is too much spam.

Howard S Shubs         hshubs@bix.com
The Denim Adept        hshubs@mindspring.com