On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 13:05, Dan wrote:
> Alexander Stohr wrote:
> 
> >In response to the attached list of spam 
> >(18 spam e-mails to dri-devel in only 3 days!)
> >i have to ask if the dri-devel mailing list 
> >can now be set to subscribers-only policy?
> 
> Oh, for the love of God, YES!
> I am subscribed to 11 mailing lists, and I get more SPAM from dri-devel 
> than all the rest put together.
> I am much more in favour of a more pro-active stance in fighting SPAM - 
> such as requiring posters to subscribe - than simply telling people "oh 
> well you _could_ use spamassasin"
> Why would anyone post to the list who isn't subscribed anyway?

The casual cross-post from lkml, for example.

Anyway, many possible solutions have been discussed; if only the list
admin(s) cared to at least comment on them.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer   \  Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast  \     http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer



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