On 2021-05-06, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:32 AM Paul Bryan <pbr...@anode.ca> wrote: >> >> Given the ease of spoofing sender addresses, and its propensity for use >> in anonymous spamming and trolling (thanks python-list-owner for >> staying on top of that!), I propose to disconnect comp.lang.python from >> the python-list mailing list. Both would then operate independently. >> > > As someone who exclusively follows the mailing list, I selfishly want > to support this, as it would notably improve the signal-to-noise > ratio. But I'm aware that there are a number of good people who > currently use the newsgroup, and those people would then be abandoned > in the cess-pool.
Counter-proposal that I have suggested several times before that would solve both these problems: make the newsgroup moderated. (Or, I suppose, create comp.lang.python.moderated and gateway it to the mailing list, and disconnect comp.lang.python from the list.) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
