Open or closed subsription?

[John Dunlop]

Steve,

My vote is to allow the list to be OPEN similar to the HP3000-l list which
shadows the postings to comp.sys.hp.mpe. The main drawback (apart from the
spam) is that sometimes the post can take up to a week to get copied (or
sometimes a day). Perhaps some filtering can be done to eliminate a
reasonable amount of spam. I am voting this way as it is easier for me to
access the newsgroups sometimes.

Cheers,
John Dunlop

>To all:
>Powerh-l@lists.swau.edu is currently a closed list in that posts are
>restricted to subscribers only.  One of those subscribers is an
>address at american.edu, which allows powerh-l@lists.swau.edu list
>traffic to show up on the newsgroup bit.listserv.powerh-l
>
>This creates a problem when a newsgroup reader wants to contribute to the
>discussion on the list.  When he posts a newsgroup message, the message is

>posted to the newsgroup and is forwarded by american.edu to powerh-l.
>The message gets bounced because the "from" is not listed as a subscriber.
>
>Here's the question:  Should the newsgroup remain as a read-only lurking
>forum or should the list be OPEN to any posts? Being OPEN will allow
>the newsgroup, and also spammers, access to the list.
>
>Being CLOSED has prevented several spams since the list was moved
>to lists.swau.edu
>Should the list be open or remain closed?