Bug in mailing lists; unfriendly to non-subscribers

[JD]

  On 07/06/2010 06:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 22:24 +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> Anyway, if non-subscribers are not welcome, then I guess I'll just
>> refrain from posting here just like everybody else, even when I'm
>> asked to do it on Fedora's bugzilla.
> Ah, so the hundreds of people who regularly contribute here are all a
> figment of my imagination?
>
> One point that hasn't been mentioned: Fedora is an *experimental*
> distro. The people using are are assumed to know that and to be up to
> communicating about problems and solutions. If you only want to post a
> single question and don't monitor the list on a regular basis, I have to
> ask if you should really be using Fedora at all. I regard that as
> sufficient justification for the must-subscribe policy.
>
> poc
>
Just to end this debate: you all must have seen this spam post.
If posting is opened to non-subscribers, this will multiply by thousands
and millions.

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