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Re: Let's shut down address@hidden
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Xavier Maillard |
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Re: Let's shut down address@hidden |
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Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:18:00 +0100 |
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From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> I can see why you might hesitate to _read_ a list with a lot of spam,
> but why, rationally, would the amount of spam affect your decision to
> post to the list? I don't see how it makes any difference.
It makes no difference indeed in the case where you don't read the list *at
all* before posting. But if you select the newsgroup just before posting an
article (the standard operation AFAIK: it's even usually recommended to
read a bit of a newsgroup before you post to it), or if you check the
archive before sending a mail to the mailing-list, then I'd be surprised if
the spam doesn't turn you off. I mean: you really have to look for the
valid articles in order to realize that the group/list is actually
still alive.
You got the point. In fact I feel like the OP and no longer read this mailing
list.
Maybe he is right when claiming we should have a moderation on that list since
the list is practically unusable or useless in that state.
Like the OP, I am voluntering to do so if needed.
Xavier
- Re: Let's shut down address@hidden, (continued)
Re: Let's shut down address@hidden, Sam Steingold, 2005/12/12
Re: Let's shut down address@hidden, Stefan Monnier, 2005/12/12