[fink-core] Re: Can we fix this? Re: [Fink-beginners] Blocked File Attachment

[Joshua S. F. <jfr...@th...>]

well, I see your point, and, not to worry.. i've been on the net since 
my first Andrew account at Carnegie Mellon in 1987!

I see and subscribed to both kinds of lists, open lists like this one 
which allow anyone to ask a question and get a response and others which 
require subscription or have even more restrictive rules or 
moderation...

also- disclaimer... I used to work for VA-Linux (now VA Software which 
owns and maintains sourceforge)... 

I think we'll have more success containing the impact of this virus by 
restriciting posting to subscribers than we will getting VA to 'fix' 
their MTA (which i think is the thing that would have to be fixed to 
remedy the situation..)

Cheers,

J>

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> No, I think it is you who don't understand. A lot of times people just
> have a single question, and they want to be able to ask the question and
> then get direct email replies to that question without subscribing to
> the list. I don't know how new you are to the idea of the internet, but
> this is how fink has worked, how netbsd works, etc.
> 
> If you want people to use your software, you make it as inclusive as
> possible. Then you fix your email servers to keep them from propogating
> all the trash that comes from all the poorly set-up windows machines on
> the internet.
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Joshua S. Freeman wrote:
> 
> > Hisahsi,
> >
> > you don't understand... all we're suggesting is that one must first
> > SUBSCRIBE to the list in order to send questions/queries to the list...
> >
> > hardly exclusionary.
> >
> > J.
> >
> > On
> > Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Phillip Pi wrote:
> > >
> > > > Block unsubscribed users.  I always thought unsubscribers can't post.
> > >
> > > This is ridiculous. We should allow anyone to ask questions. We don't
> > > want fink to be a members only club.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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