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[Michael S. Tsirkin]

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, -- MST