From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DJ Delorie To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygnus Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 11:47:00 -0000 Message-id: <199902151947.OAA26760@envy.delorie.com> In-reply-to: < 19990215153239.13597.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com > (messagefrom Earnie Boyd on Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:32:39 -0800 (PST)) References: <19990215153239.13597.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com> <19990215153239.13597.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-02/msg00481.html > Should this list become closed to members only? The main list should never be closed like that, since it's the one we advertise for general help, which is what these people are doing. The developer's list is closed (mail from subscribers only) to prevent it from being used as a general purpose list, but the general purpose one should be open. If people are asking for help, making them junp through hoops to do so is a bad idea. A good idea, if someone wants to try to tackle it, is to write some software that monitors the list and attempts to send private mail to people who post obviously FAQ questions. Or, detect that someone is posting who hasn't posted yet (or in the last N months) and send them a private mini-faq telling them where to get online information. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DJ Delorie To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygnus Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <199902151947.OAA26760@envy.delorie.com> References: <19990215153239.13597.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00473.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.xmEjQXNghz1xiguok77po9OU8wh51MEvDnYDuXzWb2U@z> > Should this list become closed to members only? The main list should never be closed like that, since it's the one we advertise for general help, which is what these people are doing. The developer's list is closed (mail from subscribers only) to prevent it from being used as a general purpose list, but the general purpose one should be open. If people are asking for help, making them junp through hoops to do so is a bad idea. A good idea, if someone wants to try to tackle it, is to write some software that monitors the list and attempts to send private mail to people who post obviously FAQ questions. Or, detect that someone is posting who hasn't posted yet (or in the last N months) and send them a private mini-faq telling them where to get online information.