Matthew Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The answer is to moderate the list, as the Apache Software > > Foundations successfully does. > No. I _hate_ it when somebody cross-posts to a moderated list I'm > not a member of. I have flamed everybody involved in the past for > doing this stupid shit. If debian moderates its lists, I _will_ > leave the project.
Why? The first time you send an email, it gets delayed a bit while waiting for a moderator to approve your address. It's just not really that inconvenient. I could see it being annoying if you got automated messages, your mail didn't get through, and so forth, but that doesn't happen. -- David N. Welton Consulting: http://www.dedasys.com/ Personal: http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Free Software: http://www.dedasys.com/freesoftware/ Apache Tcl: http://tcl.apache.org/