From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 10 12:21:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C363C106566B for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF578FC1A for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B3746B4B; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:21:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:21:32 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Peter Wemm In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080310132013.R45443@fledge.watson.org> References: <000e0cd28bfc044804ee5227d22ecd@google.com> <47D4BEC1.5000704@vintners.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Mike Lempriere , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: list spam X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:21:32 -0000 On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Peter Wemm wrote: > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Mike Lempriere wrote: >> I've had it with the list spam -- is the any possibility of moderating this >> list, or changing it to must-be-subscriber-to-post? > > I for one would like this too. > > On one hand, it is inconvenient for people with multiple email addresses, > but there is an easy way around that. What you do is subscribe twice, and > go to the options page and turn off email for one of them. That way you can > (for example) email with your normal address and receive email from the list > on unique addresses for sorting or whatever. > > We do this on other lists for freebsd.org. However, we need to have mailman > be a little smarter about it. Right now, it holds the messages for > moderation. Instead, it needs to immediately bounce the email with > instructions about what to do. Otherwise we have the situation where > somebody emails and gets i the queue, then sends with the right address and > it goes through. Later on, the message is approved and we get a duplicate on > the list. If we're going to go that route, what I'd like to see is a message-free freebsd-posters list I can join once using a posting address that is then authorized to post to any list. That way I don't have to talk the 80+ mailing lists and re-subscribe to each one a second time, disabling receipt of messages, etc. This would also allow us to expempt things like gnats, etc, easily. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge