From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T04:52:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Web Hosts

Carl Youngblood wrote:
> It would be nice if it were possible to ban certain users from the
> list.  The biggest problem I see with it is the news gateway.  If it
> were a regular email list, we could always ban these offensive posters
> with ease.  There seems to be a general consensus from all the rest of
> the group on this one.

The gateway is the problem, indeed. Anyone in the world can post.

Up to now, there has never been any need to ban anyone.

The only good thing I can say about this is that it is probably a sign
of the growth in popularity of Ruby. Eventually it is bound to attract
script kiddies and warez d00dz and every variety of individual.


Hal