Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 04/18/06 11:48 CST: Before I do this, I am soliciting comments to see if there is anything I'm overlooking or any reason not to restrict the BLFS lists. Comments? Bad move, at least in my opinion. This effectively eliminates using the GMane news mechanism

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 4/18/06, Bruce Dubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for each account. Non-member

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread M.Canales.es
El Martes, 18 de Abril de 2006 18:48, Bruce Dubbs escribió: Non-member email would go to /dev/null I could to agree if instead to /dev/null that mails are keep awaiting moderator approval. -- Manuel Canales Esparcia Usuario de LFS nº2886: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org LFS en

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:23:01PM +0200, M.Canales.es wrote: El Martes, 18 de Abril de 2006 18:48, Bruce Dubbs escribió: Non-member email would go to /dev/null I could to agree if instead to /dev/null that mails are keep awaiting moderator approval. In principle I agree. In practice

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
M.Canales.es wrote: El Martes, 18 de Abril de 2006 18:48, Bruce Dubbs escribió: Non-member email would go to /dev/null I could to agree if instead to /dev/null that mails are keep awaiting moderator approval. Would you like to be the moderator? -- Bruce --

SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for each account. Non-member email would go to /dev/null Before I do this, I am

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread M.Canales.es
El Martes, 18 de Abril de 2006 19:33, Bruce Dubbs escribió: Would you like to be the moderator? No problem, but could be better if all editors are moderators. If after some days the number of retained mails/day is excessive, we can then to do the /dev/null redirection. That could be valid

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Alfred Zastrow
Bruce Dubbs schrieb: Non-member email would go to /dev/null Good idea. regards Alfred -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread blfsuser
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 11:48 -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for each account.

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Hugo Villeneuve
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:48:08 -0500 Bruce Dubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Andrew Benton wrote: Bruce Dubbs wrote: We have a problem with SPAM on the BLFS lists. I am proposing that we 'close' the lists to non-subscribed members. The main issue is that list members who post from multiple email accounts will have to subscribe for each account. Non-member email

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Archaic
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:55:41PM +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: Please don't do this. It creates a hostile, insular impression if a mailing list is closed to people who aren't subscribed. Most lists are subscriber-only. And there is no way to please everyone. Some will love it, some will

Re: SPAM Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Jan Dvořák
Archaic wrote: On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:55:41PM +0100, Andrew Benton wrote: Please don't do this. It creates a hostile, insular impression if a mailing list is closed to people who aren't subscribed. Most lists are subscriber-only. And there is no way to please everyone. Some will love