[e2e] latest spate of cruft postings to e2e

[Zartash Afzal Uzmi]

It has happened a number of times that I needed a really quick answer to my
query. It is never possible for me to subscribe to each and every list which
is appropriate for my queries as they come. Everytime, I was able to post to
a list (e2e included) without subscription, the query got responded within
hours at most, almost invariably. In other cases, when I had to subscribe to
make a post, I either refrained from posting or looked for another similar
list or got approved by the moderator in a day or two or even more.

Statistically, it will always take much longer to get a query answered on a
subscriber-posting-only list compared to an open list. It is understandable
that people who only post to a few lists regularly would want the lists to
be subscriber-post-only. On the other hand, people who look for a list on
the fly to have their queries resolved would prefer open lists. In my
personal opinion, if there is a significant number of people who fall in the
latter category, it makes sense to make the lists open. This alos conforms
to the spirit that knowledge should spread without any delay.

Zartash

>
> Perry E.Metzger wrote:
>
> > Joe Touch <touch at ISI.EDU> writes:
> >
> >>I appreciate that whitelisting is harder on the receive end of a list
> >>(you can still do it, and will end up accumulating some of the list
> >>anyway). The content filters we use are not perfect, but neither is
> >>whitelisting.
> >
> > It has been years since a spam went to one of my mailing lists run on
> > a "subscribers post only" basis.
>
> But it hasn't been that long since I tried to post to one and had to
> subscribe to post. At which point I gave up, since I don't always want -
> or need - to subscribe to every list to which I might want to
> participate briefly.
>
> That's the behavior we're trying to avoid by the list configuration.
>
> > Can you say the same for your mailing
> > lists?
> >
> > I appreciate that you will never change your position, however, and I
> > don't want to add noise on top of spam.
> >
> > Perry
>
>