From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 10 13:33:44 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 D2B3D106566C; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDBA8FC22; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2ADXbDu024161; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m2ADXb0L024160; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:37 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200803101333.m2ADXb0L024160@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@wemm.org In-Reply-To: <20080310132013.R45443@fledge.watson.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:42 +0100 (CET) Cc: 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 13:33:44 -0000 Robert Watson wrote: > 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. Yes, please. I'm not subsribed to the lists because I'm reading them through a one-way NNTP gateway ( and I guess I'm not the only one). I certainly wouldn't want to manage several dozens subscriptions just to be able to post to the lists. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'