List conjestion

[pro2rat]

RE -  Greg Newby " . . . There's not any straightforward way I know of to limit 
the number of messages per day (or another period), or the number from a 
particular user. . . . "

So this is less " shields are down " and more " we don't have any shields ". 
Okay.

So long as this lamentable state of affairs prevails, I suggest we let it fail 
then.

Strong AI can take up any slack - technical or political.

Oh, I did notice a list host called Groups io.

Its probably nothing.

>From memory the first " golden age " ( snork! ) 90's list died because it 
>couldn't defend itself either.

Turn your back on APster defence and you're even more alone.

Re: List conjestion

[Greg Newby]

For the potential of a technical solution: 

One of the things I dug into is rate limiting by mailman, the list software 
that we use.

Unfortunately there are zero options for this built into Mailman. There's not 
any straightforward way I know of to limit the number of messages per day (or 
another period), or the number from a particular user.

For those who might want to try to find technical solutions:

We are on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.
We use Postfix 3.6.4 as our mail transport agent.
We use Mailman 2.1.29 for list management.

Along with postfix we have postgrey and the postfix policy server.


  ~ Greg

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 07:13:14PM +, pro2...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
> I too asked Karl to consider sending fewer messages per day recently so this 
> chimes with Gregs news.
> So long as we're on a single server I suggest an upper-cap be placed on daily 
> contributions.
> As to the number I suggest a vote. Majority rules at this stage.
> See what youse think!
> 
> Also, those posts held back might be published later. Not disappear 
> completely.
> 
> This is a tough one. What happens next might change the history of the 
> crypto-wars.

List conjestion

[pro2rat]

I too asked Karl to consider sending fewer messages per day recently so this 
chimes with Gregs news.
So long as we're on a single server I suggest an upper-cap be placed on daily 
contributions.
As to the number I suggest a vote. Majority rules at this stage.
See what youse think!

Also, those posts held back might be published later. Not disappear completely.

This is a tough one. What happens next might change the history of the 
crypto-wars.