Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:42:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postal Notification Message-ID: <33388.128.135.70.2.1415119341.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20141104155455.GB28202@neutralgood.org> References: <20141103140638.60B9617470E@scprod53.upprovider.it> <5457A6D1.5050209@gmail.com> <5457C412.9060909@bananmonarki.se> <20141104155455.GB28202@neutralgood.org>
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On Tue, November 4, 2014 9:54 am, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 07:06:10PM +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote: >> >> >> On 2014-11-03 17:01, jd1008 wrote: >> > Is there a way to PREVENT such spam??? >> > >> >> Yes. Filter on the messageheader. > > Personally, I think the idea of requiring a subscription should be > shelved until the level of spam exceeds the complaints about it. We > see far more anti-spam complaints than actual spam on this list. I would say, your criterion will be never met as for each spam message there will be at least one complaint (it is just a statistics plus human nature). Just to add to consideration: if someone wants to ask something on the list (thus expecting some effort from others - to read and reply the question), it will not be too much to expect that that person at least puts some rather minimal effort to subscribe to the list (I would say, "confirm" is enough, no need to "approve' by list admin - those familiar with mailman know what I mean). And unsubscribe later if necessary. Also, I would suggest: change "reply-to:" in the list setting to have replies go to the list (majority of lists do so as people more often hit just "reply", not "reply all" thus the list is loosing messages in the thread). Just my $0.02 Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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