Re: [h-e-w] Spam?

[Peter Davis]

At 12:27 AM 06/07/2002, David Vanderschel wrote:
        ...
> Basically, it is discouraged for GNU lists.  However,
> a list which plays in the Windows environment may
> constitute a special case in the GNU world; so I'd be
> willing to consider some debate on this topic.  To
> this end, I created a poll at YahooGroups for this
> issue.  To vote, go to
>
>    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntemacs-users/polls

Interestingly, I couldn't vote in the poll without first joining the Yahoo! 
group.  So I guess anyone can post, but only Yahoo! members can vote.

> The simplified version of the question would be
> "Should we change?".  Personally, I voted "No" because
> of tradition and because I think it would
> inconvenience some folks who occasionally post from an
> address different from that at which they receive.

I post from multiple addresses, and have not had a problem with other 
groups.  Yahoo! makes this particularly easy, since you can register 
multiple e-mail addresses with your Yahoo! ID.


> Another argument
> against it is that this list can be read on the Web at
> YahooGroups (where the 'group' is called
> "ntemacs-users"); and, thus, it makes sense to post
> without actually being subscribed at gnu.org.

I think anyone who can read mail at a Yahoo! site (ie, has a Yahoo! ID and 
belongs to the list) can also post from that site.

Thanks,

-pd