[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: [NEWSGROUP] - please open access to newsgr

[ilias <ilias@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ilias wrote:
[...]
> GOALS:
> - Simplify Referencing
> - Simplify Cross Foundation Collaboration
> - Enable archival within search engines etc. (e.g. google)
>   - current eclipse users can search additionally within google
>   - newcomers can hit on eclipse due to a technical google-search
> - Open Source - Open Resource
>
> I think that goals are worthfull.
>
> COUNTERS:
[...]

> => { read-password prevents emails from spambot-retrieval }
> => { existing password protection was reason to use real email }
> => { [critical] rules cannot be changed down the road }
[...]

> The simple conclusion is:
>
> To achieve the above mentioned GOALS, an email protection mechanism must 
> be provided, which does not rely on an read-access-limitation.

The simplest way would be to configure the existent software:

[At this point, I like to mention once more that those _very_ essential 
resources are not publically available within a CVS, thus team-members 
can contribute to their enhancement.]

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Newsgroup html-gateway "newsportal", used as archive:

http://florian-amrhein.de/newsportal/doc

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Mailinglist / Newsgroup archive

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> Something like this one:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/announcements@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg00267.html
>
> It is important, that the eclipse foundation reaches the openness of 
> other major open-source projects.

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