Re: post approval without subscription request

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 05:45:18PM -0400, Scott McGrath wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> The feature you seek is not supported by our current mail-list engine, which is
> EOL or WP-EOL, depending on your perspective.  
> 
> We are currently evaluating a variety of new service options, so your request
> is timely. I'd be happy to add this feature to to our consideration, and
> equally happy to hear your recommendations for systems that support it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott...

Looks like others requested this support in GNU Mailman:
https://gitlab.com/mailman/mailman/issues/83
so it seems safe to assume it's not yet present there.


> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org>
> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Michael, 
> 
>     I don't work with the mailing lists so I am copying Scott and Robin who
>     manage them. I'm not sure what is possible so asking them to weigh in. 
> 
>     Best, 
> 
>     /chet
> 
> 
>     On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>     wrote:
> 
>         Hello!
>         When trying to copy a public oasis mailing list on a widely copied
>         message, time invariably comes when someone not subscribed attempts to
>         reply only to find subscription is required to post.
> 
>         Many people complain about this - a person might want to contribute
>         only
>         once - send a message but not to get unrelated traffic on the list.
> 
>         It might seem like a small issue, but it is a big barrier
>         to participation by communities such as the linux kernel
>         community, which have etiquette rules against subscriber-only
>         mailing lists. As a result virtio is forced to use an
>         external list for development discussion, which is far from
>         ideal.
> 
>         It would be very benefitial, at least for lists such as virtio-dev
>         which we use for virtio, if instead of requiring people to
>         subscribe, the list software would
>         - send back a message requesting agreement to IPR rules
>         - after person agrees to IPR rules, let the message through,
>           and add the sender to list of addresses allowed to post
> 
>         Is this something that can be added?
> 
>         Thanks,
>        
>         --
>         MST
>    
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> 
> 
>     --
> 
>     /chet 
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