Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:06:50 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: mailing list posting policies?
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On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, DJ Delorie wrote:

> Perhaps it's time to talk about making the main djgpp list
> subscriber-only?  My listserv allows this - anyone on *any* local list
> can post, and there's one list just to hold your posting address if
> it's different than your delivery address.
> 
> The only drawback is that new djgpp users will find it harder to post
> their initial questions to this list.

I think this is a serious drawback, given that DJGPP is mostly used as a 
first compiler by people who are not sophisticated Web/net users.