> > Until I can get a better solution in place for filtering out
 > > irrelevent mail, both amanda-users and amanda-hackers are now closed
 > > for posting to non-subscribers.  At some point, this will change, but
 > > it will coincide with some better filtering software.
 > 
 > What are the reasons for not *keeping* them as closed lists?

The answer to this should be found in the archives, but a large
percentage of posts come from non-members. (at least for amanda-users.
This is less so for amanda-hackers).

Since that's where people are directed for help, this is not really
surprising.

Beyond that, if there's a noticable increase in maintainer mail from
people who have trouble posting, this is another motivater. (I'm not
sure if that will be the case, but based on what I get now, I wouldn't
be the least bit surprised if it picks up).

As I said before, please direct followups to postmaster AT amanda DOT org.
There's no point in cluttering the list up with off-topic traffic.

-Todd