Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:10:21 -0400 Chris Gianelloni > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, mlmmj doesn't have this sort of feature. Instead, it has a more >> procmail-like access list. We can use that to put users into a >> read-only status, by filtering for them and denying posting from them, >> but that still doesn't change my opinion that participation on the >> mailing lists, including *receiving* mails, is a privilege, not a >> right. Currently, it is a privilege that we extend to anyone, and we >> have not revoked it except in dire circumstances. > > Then why are there public archives? >
Note the subtle difference between "receiving" and "reading in public archives". Some people may prefer their mail client. -- Vlastimil Babka (Caster) Gentoo/Java -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
