Karl F. Best wrote:
> Rex, Farrukh:
>
> It's been the case for quite some time now that a person must
> subscribe to the comment list in order to post a comment. I know that
> it sounds silly to require this, but we've got to keep the spam off
> the lists and out of the archives, and the only other method is to
> moderate all of the comment lists and I haven't heard anyone volunteer
> to handle them all.
Having to manage several lists on the web I now completely understand
the rationale Karl presents for requiring subsription to all OASIS
mailing lists. This has been the most effective way to eliminate
automatically generated spam on a mailing list in my experience.
I certainly feel comfortable that this policy is to protect us from SPAM
and not motivated by any other sinister motives.
Thanks for the explaination Karl.
>
>
> We are putting together a web form that can be used to submit
> comments; I hope that we can launch this pretty quickly (we're also
> working on a couple other things at the same time). Once we have this
> then the guy on the street won't need to subscribe in order to send
> just one comment.
>
> -Karl
>
>
>
> Rex Brooks wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I caught this on the ebxml registry list and while I have not checked
>> on the actual procedures in place with regard to the current
>> manifestation of OASIS poolicy on the public comment lists, I find
>> this unexceptional. With apologies to OASIS, I have to say that I
>> find the current policy to have, in effect, killed the public comment
>> lists, to the detriment of the TCs and OASIS at large at a time when
>> many of us are trying our best to improve the stature of OASIS in the
>> arena of standards bodies. This is a shame, and I must admit that I
>> have, in effect, also thrown in the towel because it is a fight that
>> I doubt we can win. The official mind is made up, and regardless of
>> the rationale, the effect may already be irreversible. After more
>> than two years of working on the Human Markup Language, I have
>> concluded that one would be foolish to stand in the line of fire when
>> any human being or group of humans decides to shoot itself in the foot.
>>
>> As Pogo observed, "We have met the enemy and it is us."
>>
>> Ciao, but sadly,
>> Rex
>>
>> At 10:00 PM -0600 9/25/03, Monica Martin wrote:
>>
>>> Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems that the regrep-comments list is now requiring that the
>>>> sender be subscribed? This does not seem right. Should we not allow
>>>> an external commenter to send comments unimpeded? I could not even
>>>> figure out how to tell Mei Zhao to subscribe. Kathryn, could you
>>>> please look into a solution to this recurring problem.
>>>>
>>>> In any event the issue/suggestion below seems to make good sense
>>>> from an OO stand point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> mm1: On the suggestion, sounds reasonable. On the issue about
>>> comment list, I seem to remember some kind of an issue with Kavi and
>>> the fact that the comment signup was either not intuitive or didn't
>>> work correctly. The webmaster should know on the system aspects. As
>>> to the change in process, I can't answer there.
>>>
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the
>>> roster of the OASIS TC), go to
>>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/regrep/members/leave_workgroup.php.
>>>
>>
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>
--
Farrukh
