Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?

[Örjan Askhult]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:09:24 -0400
Paul Winkler <pw_lists at slinkp.com> wrote:

> One more bit of information... I'm not sure if everybody knows that
> there was a good reason the list policy was set to open.
> 
> *please follow up to the other thread*, this is just an aside...
> 
> >From http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribelad.php3:
> 
>   The list is open.
>   You can post messages even if you are not subscribed. This is 
>   necessary to make cross-postings and participation from people on the 
>   ALSA and linux-kernel lists possible. It also means we have to live with 
>   the occasional spam.
>   It can be helpful to subscribe and lurk for a while before you join 
>   the discussion to familiarize yourself with the the habits of the tribe :)
> 

most of body deleted.

Hi,
 
When this was discussed on lmkl the answer from Matti Aarnio -- co-postmaster of vger.kernel.org was:

"Running lists _closed_ doesn't solve the thing either.  It would
be enough for a spammer to fake source address that is known poster
to a list."

regards Örjan