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Re: Open or Closed? (was: Re: [Fwd: Re: Please, put a fscking bullet in , my head!])




On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Vadim Vygonets wrote:

> > THE LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MAILING LIST SHALL BE KEPT SECRET.
> 
> In this case, I can't even think about the setup where the list
> of subscribers must be open.  Even to the subscribers.

I wrote, with tongue in cheek, the reason for making available the list of
subscribers open.

> > All those
> > who want to post to the list from various E-mail addresses, may subscribe,
> > confirm (maybe they can implement a procmail rule for autoreplying to
> > legitimate subscription confirmation requests), throw their smelly shit
> > for distribution to the other subscribers and if it's one-time E-mail
> > address, then unsubscribe.
> 
> Why would one post from a one-time e-mail address?  Usually, even
> if you're abroad, if you can read your mail, you probably can
> send mail from your permanent address.  In any case, this problem
> can be solved.

I don't know either, but there seem to be some Linux-IL subscribers who
are used to modus operandi which may take advantage of this capability.

> And I don't think that subscribing two times and setting the
> don't-get-email flag on one of the addresses is hard.

Agreed.
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