- From: Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 19:01:58 -0500
- To: Sue Sims <sue@opera.com>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 04:19:02PM -0500, Sue Sims wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000 15:52:11 -0500, Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
> wrote:
> >[ quoting Sue Sims: ]
> >>... individuals wishing to post messages
> >> to one of the www* mailing lists would first subscribe to that list
>
> >No, I don't think that has ever been the case.
>
> Perhaps a change in the verbiage on the policy for mailing lists would
> then be in order:
>
> "The subscription policy to the mailing lists is that everybody can
> subscribe and post mails to the lists."
( referring to http://www.w3.org/Mail/Spam.html )
> The statement seems to imply that subscription to a list is required,
> so dropping "subscribe and" would more accurately reflect the current
> policy.
I updated it to:
Anyone with a valid email address can subscribe to these
lists. Messages that are on-topic for the list are accepted
from anyone.
Note that your message was bounced to me for approval since you
used your opera.com address instead of css.nu one :)
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