Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz wrote:
On 15-12-2002, Giskart wrote thusly :
I contact you to ask or you would like if this
list is added to
Gmane.org
If you have not seen the postings about this at wikitech-l, please read
these;
http://www.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2002-December/001621.html
Please let me know or I may add wikiPL-l or not.
Please tell us what are the pros and cons of adding wikipl-l to
Gmane.org.
Spamming, revealing of e-mail addresses of subscribers etc
Regards,
Kpjas.
PRO's
- Users have more options. The can use the list like the do now and/or
use it like a newsgroup.
People who are used to usenet will find the usenet way better.
- If you use the list (and the other lists of wikipedia) you do not
have to recieve the emails. (but if you like to recieve those, you can)
- You can also read the newsgroup archive online whit a nice look;
example;
http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.…
- The list admin haves compleet control. All postings are send to the
list posting email adress.
-
Gmane.org will encrypt all emailadresses; this means;
My email adress is ; giskart(a)wikipedia.be
Gmane change it to something like: giskart=hi6Y0CQ0nG0(a)public.gmane.org
That strange adress is a working adress. If you send a message to it you
will recieve the first time a autoresponds to confirm that you exist and
are not a spammer. Only after confirmation it will be send to the
destination.
The newsgroup can also be created whitout this anti-spam protection, be
it think it is a very good option.
CON's
Not really. If want the contens of your messages secret, this is not
good because this is public. But something secret you best do not post
to a mailing list. And the list is already public.
Giskart