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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] private_roster = public?
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Sylvain Beucler |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] private_roster = public? |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:12 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:36:29PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
> There are about 350 lists on lists.gnu.org which have the private_roster
> field set to "anyone", meaning the subscriber list is publicly viewable
> on the web to anyone at all, not just list members or administrators.
> For instance, see the "Visit Subscriber List" button on
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard.
>
> I can't think of any reason why this is desirable today; I suspect it's
> simply because it was the default at one time in the past.
>
> Therefore I propose to change all those lists (to have private_roster
> set to "list members only") and write all the owners, offering to change
> it back if that's really what they wanted.
>
> Sound ok?
Hi,
It sounds ok for me if the maintainers are notified as you suggested.
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Sylvain