Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:33:37 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@wemm.org Subject: Re: list spam Message-ID: <200803101333.m2ADXb0L024160@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20080310132013.R45443@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Peter Wemm wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Mike Lempriere <mike@vintners.net> 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.'
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