gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:29 PM, a message from Courtney Homer [EMAIL PROTECTED] was posted to the gnhlug-jobs mailing list. It had no Linux-related content. She quickly followed up with an apology to the list-owner address, saying she mistakenly sent her message to the wrong list. That list

Re: gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Arc Riley
I believe it's easy enough to setup mailman to require Linux in the body of the message. This would deal with both spam and non-linux job apps. Add a few other possible whitelist keywords (ie, Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Suse, Python, Ruby, PHP) and in the rejection message specify that only job

Re: gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Bruce Dawson
I think looking for various words can produce both false positives and false negatives. And you still won't catch everything. Using your abbreviated list as an example, there's no perl, open source, or kernel keywords. Also, not all jobs are technical (marketing, sales, ...) Not that we've seen

Re: gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Sep 11, 2008, at 21:12, Bruce Dawson wrote: Without a lot of AI, I think it would be more effective to just review each message. Would it be reasonable to give messages a pass based on a filter, and require moderation if they fail that pass? -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner

Re: gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Bruce Dawson
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Sep 11, 2008, at 21:12, Bruce Dawson wrote: Without a lot of AI, I think it would be more effective to just review each message. Would it be reasonable to give messages a pass based on a filter, and require moderation if they fail that pass? -Bill Sure; for now.

Re: gnhlug-jobs mailing list moderation

2008-09-11 Thread Ben Scott
[reply to multiple messages] On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And it was an on-topic post, in the sense it was for a computer technician. The list charter is quite explict about requiring Linux. If someone wants Dice.com, they know where to find it. :)