From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: My delayed complaint about spam on this list
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 01:01:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5b17325b.1c69fb81.5acf1.d5a7@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dc60851c-b32c-cf6f-6ae0-0bbadf430818@farance.com>
On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 20:18:59, Frank Farance wrote:
> No, I'm not suggesting that one must be subscribed, I'm pointing out that if
> one wants to have a back and forth discussion (in a practical sense), some
> kinda registration/subscription system is necessary.
No, its not? did not you read my post? i have a tool that allow replies without
being subscribed:
http://github.com/svnpenn/tryst
> Someone suggested a moderator (or multiple moderators) that would approve
> messages from outsiders.
ok cool, but whos going to do it? are you volunteering? if so you should email
the proper group as indicated here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00035.html
> That sounds like the easiest approach because it anyone can write to the list
> and there would be just a short delay for those people who aren't subscribers,
> but the main benefit would be the lack of spam.
No. I am not interested in a "short delay". As I am sure others are not either.
Why should we be penalized because we dont want our inboxes flooded?
> I'm not tied to any technology, and I'm happy to have heard some more
> discussion, which better informed me about some of the Use Cases I was unaware
> of.
ive seen plenty of discussion already - it seems several are against or strongly
against:
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00043.html
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00019.html
- http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00017.html
> So here's my question (and it assumes that there would be volunteer(s) to
> moderate):
so i guess that means you arent volunteering?
> Question: "Would a moderation system work where subscribers could send
> messages directly, but non-subscribers would need a moderator to approve the
> message?"
No.
> If that is acceptable,
Its not.
> then the next step would be to find a couple volunteers.
> Your thoughts?
again, since you are championing this, it is odd that you yourself are not
volunteering.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-06 1:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-04 16:24 Confirm your subscription Kunal Ghosh
2018-06-04 19:31 ` My delayed complaint about spam on this list Frank Farance
2018-06-04 19:47 ` James Darnley
2018-06-04 20:13 ` Frank Farance
2018-06-04 20:27 ` Jeffrey Altman
2018-06-04 21:55 ` Duncan Roe
2018-06-05 12:26 ` cyg Simple
2018-06-05 17:38 ` Erik Soderquist
2018-06-06 0:04 ` Steven Penny
2018-06-06 0:18 ` Frank Farance
2018-06-06 1:01 ` Steven Penny [this message]
2018-06-06 15:50 ` Andrey Repin
2018-06-06 11:42 ` Eric Blake
2018-06-04 20:21 ` Vince Rice
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