Keith Moore wrote:
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1. it's unreasonable to expect occasional commentators to subscribe to a list
before sending traffic there.
#include "we_all_dug_our_heels_in_over_this_topic_12_months_ago.h"
(it's completely reasonable to expect them to
read the charter, and any drafts they are commenting on, but not to jump
through extra hoops and to flood their mailboxes with unwanted traffic)
I think we've already established that send-only addresses are possible.
This removes the issues of being flooded by incoming mails from a list to
which you're cross-posting.
2. it's unreasonable to expect those who post from one address and subscribe
to the list using a different address, to have to know a secret handshake
that puts their posting address on the whitelist.
Why on earth would the handshake be secret?
A simple fix for #2 is to put the instructions for getting on the whitelist
on the WG's charter page, and on any other announcements for the list.
Precisely.
cheers,
gja
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