Stefan Reichör <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> this "solution" is worse than the problem. >> a project should maintain an open mailing list (or another open channel) >> where users can report issues without having to subscribe to a mailing list. >> E.g., the CLISP project has a developer list clisp-devel >> (subscriber-only) and a user clisp-list (open list) where anyone can >> post. we do get spam, but aggressive filtering has kept it to a minimum. >> >> by closing the mailing list you are cutting off many users who (like I >> do) read the list on gmane without subscribing. this is a very bad idea. > > I understand this position, since I use also gmane for many groups I > read. I have also experienced the problem, that posting via gmane is > not possible for such groups. > > The following options are available for postings from non-members: > "Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is > defined." > > Accept Hold Reject Discard > > > Before we had used Accept. > > Yesterday I switched to Reject. > > What about using hold. But I am not sure, how this mail administration would > work... > > I switched to Hold now. Now I try to send a test mail with a not subscribed > mail address.
I experimented with the Hold setting. I get a mail when a non-member posts to dvc-dev, and I can easily approve the message. Sam, could you also test, if this setting works for you? Stefan. _______________________________________________ Dvc-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/dvc-dev
