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| -rw-r--r-- | mailing_lists.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mailing_lists/unmoderated.mdwn | 9 |
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diff --git a/mailing_lists.mdwn b/mailing_lists.mdwn index f89a6e72..ff4dab9f 100644 --- a/mailing_lists.mdwn +++ b/mailing_lists.mdwn @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ do so. If in doubt, don't; just choose the single most appropriate list. When replying to others, please don't top-post and trim the existing text to quote only the sections you're actually replying to. See [[!wikipedia Posting_style]] for further reading, especially [[!wikipedia -Posting_style#Inline_replying]]. +Posting_style#Interleaved_style]]. Also see these general notes about [[community/communication]]. 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 |