[R] R-help going to become "subscriber-only"

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 1/31/2008 6:48 AM, Martin Maechler wrote:
>>>>>> "DM" == Dieter Menne <dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de>
>>>>>>     on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:58:54 +0000 (UTC) writes:
> 
>     DM> Martin Maechler <maechler <at> stat.math.ethz.ch> writes:
>     >> 
>     >> The consequence of this will be that .. before the weekend ..
>     >> only __e-mail addresses__ subscribed to R-help will be allowed to post to
>     >> R-help without any moderation, and we are even considering outright
>     >> rejection all non-subscribers, these latter decision coming
>     >> later.
> 
>     DM> Does that mean that posting through the gmain/nabble pathway will no longer be
>     DM> possible?
> 
> If you are *subscribed* to R-help, there definitely won't be a
> problem.
> Otherwise, such posting may have to wait for moderator approval,
> but I think that maybe could be changed to work automatically
> {at least as long as the spammers don't misuse it}.

It's worth mentioning that you can be subscribed and have no mail 
delivered:  just check "Disabled" in the mail delivery options on the 
subscription page.  That's what anyone using gmane should do, so that 
they can still post without requiring action by a moderator.

Duncan Murdoch