On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:58:21AM +0100, Seán Mac Suibhne wrote:
> So are the membership ok with kind of content we got this morning?
I don't think you can extrapolate that, no.
But I think it is fair to say that the membership who turned out to vote
made a judgement that the longstanding policy of allowing non-members to
post, facilitating questions from new and potential linux users and
helping them out is of more benefit than the impact of spam to the list
is on their lives.
> I'm not. Its an excellent example of why members only should bw able to post.
Feel free to propose another motion at the next AGM. Or write a python
plugin for Mailman that adds an "X-From-Subscribee:" header and ask the
list administrator if they'll consider using it (you can then filter for
yourself to your hearts delight, or tweak spamassassin rules).
> How does it reflect on ILUG if these kinds of emails are allowed on the
> mailing list?
Favourably, in my opinion.
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