The ports@ list is now subscriber-post only

[Adam Weinberger]

> On 9 Dec, 2017, at 9:27, Adam Weinberger <adamw at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
> The ports at FreeBSD.org (aka freebsd-ports@) mailing list now requires you  
> to subscribe to the list before posting. This brings us two important  
> benefits:
>
> * This should cut back tremendously on spam coming through the list.
>
> * Users are more likely to find better answers to their questions: The  
> first three times a question is asked, it gets detailed replies. The  
> fourth through nth times usually get a one sentence reply.
>
> This ONLY affects sending messages to the list. It does NOT affect:
> - Receiving messages or replies
> - Viewing the archives  
> (https://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists.html)
> - Searching the archives
>
> If you have any questions about this, don't hesitate to ask!

 From dhw:

I'll pass along a tip that I just sent to postmaster@: in the past (for
other lists @FreeBSD.org), some folks have subscribed to receive the
list mail at some address, but tried to post from a different address.

To mitigate that, my suggestion has usually been for the affected folks
to *also* subscribe for the "posting" address, but use Mailman
facilities to set that subscription to "nomail."



-- 
Adam Weinberger
adamw at adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org