- From: Lloyd Wood <l.wood@eim.surrey.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:03:41 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Olivier Thereaux wrote: > This list used to be partly moderated (which means I received - and > approved as needed - messages from unknown addresses), and we are going > to switch to our new "archive-approval system". > > With this new system, each poster needs to go through an extra step the > first time they post to the list, to grant us permission to archive > their message on our site. This applies to "regular posters", too. > > This system reduces significantly the amount of spam distributed to > our lists as well, so the list will be configured to accept mail > from anyone who goes through that extra step. (so no more moderation > delays). > > More information here: > http://www.w3.org/2002/09/aa/ "In the past we have had problems with people sending mail to one of our archived mailing lists and then being surprised to learn that their message ended up in a public archive." Well, your archive software doesn't obey X-No-Archive: yes. Explicit permission is irrelevant when you can mark every message... L. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>
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