Good suggestion, I changed that settings. Sébastien On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Pardee, Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My recommendation would be to require that new members have their first > posts moderated. That should cut down on bots joining up, sending X number > of spam messages, and then abandoning their accounts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sébastien Lorion > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:44 PM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Retiring the ListServ > > For now I made the list public to make it easier for me and everyone, but I > could make it so that a new user needs to send a request before becoming a > member and existing members can invite friends. I think that should at least > stop the spammers. > > As for signal to noise, I could make it invite only (how effective it would > be, I am not sure). It would also have the side effect that newbies would be > virtually excluded, which I see as a rather good thing. There are already > many places for them elsewhere... > > Let me know what you think. Also, it would be good to have at least 2 > people managing the list, so if something happens to me, you are not all out > of luck :p Any volunteer(s) ? > > Sébastien > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Pardee, Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hah--thanks for the laugh. > > > > Not for nothing, but I suspect/fear that one big reason we've had such > > a high signal/noise ratio on here is the relative obscurity of the > > list. I love google groups (and will join the new one, as well as > > Efran's) but won't be surprised if our bright stars are diluted in fairly > short order. > > > > But maybe I'm just an elitist bastard... ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zaccariah Bowling > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:13 PM > > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Retiring the ListServ > > > > Errr woops. That was supposed to be a directly reply. Used to mailman > > type list servers allowing me to reply directly. > > > > Now everyone knows our evil plans. That sucks. > > > > Zac > > > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Zaccariah Bowling wrote: > > > > > Just have us mono contributors take over the list. We could use it > > > as part of our plans of world domination where we can control the > > > content and lightly sway and shape the base over to getting everyone > > > over to running their CLI code on Linux over time. Muhaha.. (I'm > > > just upset because my interview at Microsoft didn't go as well as I > > > hoped on > > > Friday) > > > > > > Anyways, I didn't know you followed the list too Sebastion? That's > > > awesome I know Miguel and Kangaroo follow too. > > > > > > Zac > > > > > > > > > On Sep 8, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Sébastien Lorion wrote: > > > > > >> Well, if everyone agree with that, then I created > > >> http://groups.google.com/group/advanced-dotnet and you can simply > > >> join the group. > > >> > > >> Sébastien > > >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Greg Young > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Well we can always just create a google group and move on over ... > > >>> > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> > > >>> Greg > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Sébastien Lorion > > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> I agree with Per here, moving to Google Groups would be great as > > >>>> this > > >>> list > > >>>> has many knowledgeable people contributing and as far as I can > > >>>> remember, > > >>> no > > >>>> flame wars or such childish things. > > >>>> > > >>>> Sébastien > > >>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Per Bolmstedt > > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:31:37 +0100, Richard Blewett < > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> the world has moved on from mail reflectors to blogs, web > > >>>>>> forums and other discussion mediums. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Yeah, like Google Groups. Why not just migrate the list there > > >>>>> instead of this overly dramatic adieu? Or to Yahoo! Groups, or > > >>>>> whatever? > > >>> DevelopMentor > > >>>>> could still be moderators, to keep the stamp of approval. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Lack of exit strategy... painful every time. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> =================================== > > >>>>> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > >>>>> > > >>>>> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > >>>>> http://discuss.develop.com > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> =================================== > > >>>> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > >>>> > > >>>> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > >>> http://discuss.develop.com > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a > > >>> thought without accepting it. > > >>> > > >>> =================================== > > >>> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > >>> > > >>> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > >>> http://discuss.develop.com > > >>> > > >> > > >> =================================== > > >> This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > >> > > >> View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > >> http://discuss.develop.com > > > > > > > =================================== > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > http://discuss.develop.com > > > > =================================== > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > > http://discuss.develop.com > > > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
