Re: [patch] maintainers: remove moderated arm list

Miles Bader
2005-01-04T13:06:37Z

> > Sounds great, but _every single time_ I've ever gotten one of those
> > "your message is awaiting moderation" messages from such a list, it's
> > inevitably followed a few hours/days later by a "your message has been
> > rejected" message. In every case, the message I sent was definitely a
> > no-brainer to allow, so I can only guess that either the moderation
> > system is broken, or the moderators are.
>
> It's not about sanity, it's about abiding the law (the UK Data
> Protection Act, in this particular case). As Russell King explained in
> this thread, there are such things as real life and politicians that
> make privacy laws.

I've had this problem with many mailing lists not based in the UK, so
presumably that particular stupidity doesn't apply to them. However
sad the case of the arm lists, I'd like to know if there are more
basic problems involved that could explain my experience.

It sounds like it would be an excellent idea not to host lists in the
UK though...

-Miles