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Michael Cummings <mcummings@g.o> posted |
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20070313073039.20a5556d@×××××××××××.mil, excerpted below, on Tue, 13 Mar |
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2007 07:30:39 -0400: |
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> My other item (you knew there'd be at least one more :) is something I |
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> brought up on irc yesterday, namely (if its feasible with infra) |
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> downgrading a subscription to read-only mode rather than outright |
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> banning/suspending a user from a mailing list. They would retain the |
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> right to receive the mail, just not comment for a short period (and |
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> hopefully cooler heads will prevail, yada, etc.). |
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As an alternative if read-only mode is too much trouble for infra (and |
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having not yet read the proposal), the list is carried by gmane.org, and |
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can be viewed there as as a newsgroup or via HTTP by anyone, subscribed |
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or not. Thus, read-only mail mode shouldn't be required, and it would be |
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impossible (without canceling gmane's access, but that's an important |
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community resource as an archive often linked to when referring to old |
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threads) to ban access entirely in any case. |
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Perhaps if infra doesn't want to hassle read-only mode and prefers a full |
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mail ban, mention could be made of gmane for those who wish to continue |
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read-only access. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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