[forum] Re: mailing list updates

[William M. Quarles]

David,

Thanks for the update.  We had a thread on the forum discussing what 
seemed to be a paradox.  You certainly cleared it up.

William

David Dawes wrote:
> The XFree86 mailing lists have been modified on an experimental
> basis to require subscription for posting.  Perhaps this will be
> enough to eliminate the < 0.1% of spam that our existing filtering
> does not already catch.  The existing filtering (spam assassin plus
> a home-grown filter) will remain in place.
> 
> If this does not prove effective, or if the list admin burden
> increases signficantly (i.e., posters do not subscribe), then the
> behaviour may be reverted.
> 
> David