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[Chet Ensign <mst@redhat.com>]

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 < mst@redhat.com > 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, -- MST -- /chet ---------------- Chet Ensign Director of Standards Development and TC Administration  OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society http://www.oasis-open.org Primary: +1 973-996-2298 Mobile: +1 201-341-1393