On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Alain Ketterlin <al...@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> wrote: > Ghodmode <ghodm...@ghodmode.com> writes: > > [...] >> Make an effort to curb the spam even if it means killing the newsgroup >> availability. Choose mailman or Google Groups, or another single >> solution. Make it members only, but allow anyone to register with an >> automated confirmation email and a CAPTCHA. Appoint a list admin who >> has a few minutes each day to scan subjects of emails for spammers and >> remove them from the members list. > > Or save work and find a public nntp server (or setup one, or ask your > provider), and use a news reader to follow the list (even thunderbird > can do this). No spam, no need to store messages on your machine, > auto-purge after a configurable delay, etc. > > Problem solved.
Is that easier than just checking your email? I guess it's a matter of perspective... Newsgroups aren't inherently spam-free. They're filtered. At least that's the case with Gmane (http://gmane.org/spam.php). My own ISP doesn't provide a news server and, although there are many links for free open news servers, most of them don't seem to work. I did check, though. I found a free, open news server with comp.lang.python after 6 that didn't work. Unfortunately, the one I found is read-only. I'll have to do some more looking if I want to participate in the newsgroup. I set it up in Thunderbird. I waited for a few minutes while it loaded the available newsgroups, then filtered the list for comp.lang.python and subscribed. I noticed that, when clicking on a message, there is another delay while I wait for the content of the message to load. I was happy to see significantly less spam in the newsgroup than in the mailing list, but there was still more than I see in other mailing lists. For me, this is much more difficult, although I'm sure that this is a matter of perspective. Also, I have something that's tied to this computer. I can't read it on my laptop, my mobile device, or at a cyber-cafe. I have to sit in front of this computer if I want to read the newsgroup and, until I find another news server that isn't read-only, I can't even post messages. For me, I'll stick with email. > -- Alain. -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list