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

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... 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 :) So, changing policy would mean the list-admin volunteer(s) would get bombarded with approval requests every time there's a thread crossposted. This would also really slow down those discussions. Mailman does provide a tantalizing option: you can require the list address be in the explicit destinations (to or cc), which we already do; and then provide addresses which are considered equivalent to the list address as acceptable destinations. However, I assume this option does not override the non-member policy. It would be very odd if it did! But would be handy for our purposes - not much (if any) spam has both linux-audio-dev and linux-kernel or alsa-devel in the explicit recipients. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's SQUEEGIE GUY PSEUDO SOUP! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)