From: Fergal Daly (fergal at domain esatclear.ie)
Date: Mon 25 Jun 2001 - 18:29:42 IST
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 05:34:24PM +0100, Colm Buckley wrote:
> Hah. You'd be *amazed* at the cluelessness of the general populace.
> I've had people approach me (at places like eXpo) and explain the most
> peculiar and surprisingly-trivial problems to me regarding their
> attempts to get onto the ILUG site, or the list. I don't want to make
> management of the list any more complex for *me*, and I don't want to
> make access any more complex for *them*. If we've been saying (as we
> have) "Got a Linux problem? Mail ilugOlinux.ie for help.", then I
> don't want to suddenly start turning people away at the door on
> account of the occasional spam message.
I'm a bit confused about the measures you're shooting down. I don't think
anyone really wants to make it a subscription only list. Are you also
shooting down the idea that non-members would have to reply to a
confirmation email? That's not that difficult a task for them,
Fergal
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