On 06.02.02 19:22 +0100(+0000), Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > The main reason we can not filter out all spam is so that people can post > without being subscribed. I think this is a great feature, which I have > often used. I would rather ignore a dozen useless mails than to miss the > one mail that helps me with a problem I have. (And I have simply dropped a > bug fix or tip if I found out that there is no place for me to send it > without subscribing to a list or registering on a web page).
How many non-subscribers are posting? Wouldn't it be possible to make the posts of non-subscribers moderated? Of course this would take some work, but not very much at least on the hurd list. - Einar Karttunen