On 11/30/06, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On a related note, do any subscribers have strong feelings on the way the list is moderated? What do you think of the suggestion to close posting to all non-subscribers, and do away with moderation completely?
I'm a subscriber to this and other mailing lists and used to be a moderator elsewhere so I know your pain when it comes to dealing with spam. The thing is, closing a list is no barrier to spammers who are now able to use bots that are able to subcribe and post to the list and then unsubscribe themselves. Closing the list would mean placing extra overhead on newbies who would just like to be able to ask a quick question and be done with it. It will also mean increased cries for help when some newbie wants out of the list and does not know how to do it. Often times this will lead to some of them just marking emails from darcs-users as "spam" and if enough number of users use an RBL (whether they know it or not) this will lead to an even bigger problem of emails from the list not getting to other users. The list I had been moderating once had this problem and I had to jump through hoops to get my domain off some of the well-known RBL's. So before looking into closing the list to non-subscribers, I think the following option should be explored: http://www.jamesh.id.au/articles/mailman-spamassassin/ HTH and thanks for your effort on keeping the list spam-free. -- _nimrod_a_abing_ [?] http://abing.gotdns.com _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
