Re: Problems writing to clisp mailing list

Cameron MacKinnon wrote:
> justinhj wrote:
> > Trastabuga wrote:
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I think the problem only happened recently. Now every time I try to
> >>post a problem or ask a question, my question is forwared to the admin
> >>of the forum for approval.
> >>Many times, my message was not approved on grounds that it had some
> >>malformed header.
>
>
> > I had that problem too. There are various requirements you have to meet
> > to get your message posted.
> >
> > http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/faq.html#faq-rejected
>
> Good grief, what a bunch of feebs must run that list! A week ago, I saw
> a bug report on c.l.l and reposted it to clisp-list, just to ensure it
> didn't fall through the cracks. I got a message:
>
> "Your mail [...] is being held until the list moderator can review it
> for approval. [...] Either the message will get posted to the list, or
> you will receive notification of the moderator's decision."
>
> But, from the aforementioned FAQ:
>
> "If you get a note that "your message is held for moderator's approval",
> you can safely assume that it went to /dev/null and try again"
>
> Y'all can safely assume I'll never go out of my way to try to help CLisp
> again, and I'll tell all who ask that it is an implementation best
> suited to the masochistic and the bottoms of this world.

It's normal these days to have to subscribe to a list before you can
post to it.
You get this message when you're not subscribed.

Mailing lists that do not follow this practice are deluged with spam.

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