Hi Brandon, On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 04:40:37PM +0000, Brandon Invergo wrote: > Please note: until now, we have been lenient about letting through posts by > non- > subscribers to gnu-misc-discuss. In order to reduce the burden of moderation > (and to ensure that all relevant messages are let through without delay), we > shall discard all posts by non-subscribers without any further > consideration. If you want to ensure that your messages get sent to the list, > please subscribe. Again, to stress: this was already the list policy, but now > it will be enforced more strictly.
That is a change in list policy. The original list policy, and the one I thought we agreed upon, was that only new posters and people placed explicitly on moderation because of past behaviour would be moderated. New posters, whether subscribed or not, would have their moderation flag removed when shown to post constructively. At least that is the policy of most other GNU mailinglists. There is normally no need to explicitly subscribe to a list. In general it is somewhat inconvenient if you can only post to the list from the address with which you are subscribed. Some people read and post through a nntp news gateway. Some are subscribed with one specific address, but post through a different one. e.g. I am personally not sure whether I am subscribed with my gnu.org or klomp.org address, I guess we will find out once I post this :) Cheers, Mark