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Re: Security advisory: uw-imap - 3 attachments


On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 03:32:44PM +0000, Eric Blake wrote:
>cgf wrote:
>>cygwin-apps is a...  wait for it...  mailing list.  It is a *moderated*
>>mailing list.  It is moderated for a reason.  Having it moderated for
>>email and not moderated for anyone who figured out how to use gmane has
>>already been shown to be a bad idea.  I don't want a back door method
>>for people to send their bug reports and package requests to this list.
>
>But so is cygwin-patches, and gmane *can* post to cygwin-patches!

1) I didn't know that.

2) cygwin-patches hasn't (yet) been abused by people who send off-topic
email.  If it is abused, then I'll request similar blocking from gmane.

>gmane requires a legitimate email address before posting, and
>therefore gmane will not allow an unsubscribe user to post to
>a moderated list.

A person who registered via gmane to read
gmane.comp.accessibility.vision does not automatically qualify as a
person who should be able to send email to cygwin-apps.

>The difference is whether gmane is set up as a one-way list (as is
>cygwin-apps) or a moderated list (as is cygwin-patches).  All I was
>asking is that gmane be told that cygwin-apps can be treated like
>cygwin-patches, instead of a one-way list.  But I can also live with
>the status quo, there is no need to do this just because I asked if you
>don't want to.

I requested the one-way aspect of this gmane forum and would have taken
more draconian steps on sourceware.org if this option wasn't available.

cgf


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