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Chet Ensign <>
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2017-06-28T15:09:00+00:00
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post approval without subscription request
Hi Michael,
I don't work with the mailing lists so I am copying Scott and Robin who manage them. I'm not sure what is possible so asking them to weigh in.
Best,
/chet
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin  < 
>  wrote:  Hello!  When trying to copy a public oasis mailing list on a widely copied  message, time invariably comes when someone not subscribed attempts to  reply only to find subscription is required to post.
Many people complain about this - a person might want to contribute only  once - send a message but not to get unrelated traffic on the list.
It might seem like a small issue, but it is a big barrier  to participation by communities such as the linux kernel  community, which have etiquette rules against subscriber-only  mailing lists. As a result virtio is forced to use an  external list for development discussion, which is far from  ideal.
It would be very benefitial, at least for lists such as virtio-dev  which we use for virtio, if instead of requiring people to  subscribe, the list software would  - send back a message requesting agreement to IPR rules  - after person agrees to IPR rules, let the message through,    and add the sender to list of addresses allowed to post
Is this something that can be added?
Thanks,

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/chet

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