Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The community expectations for the mailing list are the same as those > for the main Git list, but posts are only visible to members (anyone can > join) in order to create a more private space for beginner questions. It would be better to promote anonymous or pseudonymous posts if beginners aren't comfortable... > For now, posting is limited to members only (again, anyone can join) - > but if we find a high incidence of needing to forward messages to and > from the main list, we can change that permission as needed. ...because anybody can expose the archives, anyways. And right now, messages aren't visible to generic search engines, either; so fewer people can get helped...