From f85b983ee7cfbff5a12ada424e9a848882991231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:54:58 +0200 Subject: mailing_lists/unmoderated: Also for first message after subscribing. --- mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn b/mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn index 4bef130e..385f2615 100644 --- a/mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn +++ b/mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2011 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] In fact the lists *are* moderated for users that post from not-subscribed email addresses. However, this moderation should be transparent to the poster, you @@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ only might notice some additional delay until your message shows up on the list, as it has to be handled manually. Note that this is a one-time delay, as the address will be added to a white-list, so that further messages from the same sending address will get through immediatelly. +The same holds for people who are sending their first message after subscribing +to a list. These two measures greatly help to keep the lists' spam level low. So, to initiate a discussion you do not need to subscribe to the mailing list in question. And people are very much encouraged to maintain the CC -- cgit v1.2.3