[as112-ops] List subscription policy

[Matthew Pounsett]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 09:01:32AM +0200, Joe Abley via as112-ops wrote:
> 
> On 8 Jul 2026, at 08:50, Aleksi Suhonen <as112-ops at trex.fi> wrote:
> 

> > I'm in favour of a less strict policy. If someone actually knows about
> > this mailing list and understands what it's about, then I'm sure they are
> > also able to contribute. 

The list's existence is public, so there are a lot of subscription requests
where people just sub to every list we operate, out of curiosity I suppose.
But the list is quiet enough and focused enough I don't even think that poses
a serious problem.

> > Opening the list to everyone without moderation would probably attract spammers tho.

> I would argue that the list is already open to anybody, just that the subscription process is a bit manual.
> Any list can occasionally suffer from trolls and spam.

The way we mitigate this on most lists we operate is that new subscribers are
individually moderated by default, and have that flag removed on their first
post.


I'll wait another couple of days to see if anyone else has any comments to
add, but at the moment I'm inclined to remove the requirement that list
subscriptions be approved.


-- 
Matt Pounsett
DNS-OARC Systems Engineering
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