[Tutor] META: Moderation and subscription to the tutor list

[Steven D'Aprano]

Hi Alan,


I thought I'd mention that the list-owners of "python-list" have now 
decided to only allow people to post if they are subscribed to the list:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2016-April/707571.html


The motivation is to ensure that if people ask a question, and people 
reply only to the list, the original poster has at least a chance of 
seeing the replies.

Of course, in the case of python-list, non-subscribers can just use the 
Usenet interface (comp.lang.python, or Google Groups, or gmane). But 
anyone using Usenet is presumably savvy enough to check for replies 
using Usenet.

What's your policy here on the tutor list? I think we should require 
subscription before people can post. (And I think we should default to 
individual emails, not daily digest.)



-- 
Steve