Re: Post held in moderation "Rsync chokes on this file"

2011-09-13 Thread Frank Church
On 13 September 2011 19:17, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 02:47:40PM +0100, Frank Church wrote: > > I sent a message with the above subject:"Rsync chokes on this file", > which > > as a 7Mb file attached to it and got a message that the post was he

Re: Post held in moderation "Rsync chokes on this file"

2011-09-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 02:47:40PM +0100, Frank Church wrote: > I sent a message with the above subject:"Rsync chokes on this file", which > as a 7Mb file attached to it and got a message that the post was held in > moderation because the attached file is too large. > >

Post held in moderation "Rsync chokes on this file"

2011-09-13 Thread Frank Church
I sent a message with the above subject:"Rsync chokes on this file", which as a 7Mb file attached to it and got a message that the post was held in moderation because the attached file is too large. What is the procedure for sending a file to the developers for checking? Can I uploa

Re: moderation?

2007-09-09 Thread John Van Essen
On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/5/07, Martin Schr�der <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That didn't stop the asian spam... :-( > > I guess the sender of that spam subscribed to the list first? > Requiring a captcha for subscription may stop it from happening again.

Re: moderation?

2007-09-05 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 9/5/07, Martin Schröder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That didn't stop the asian spam... :-( I guess the sender of that spam subscribed to the list first? Requiring a captcha for subscription may stop it from happening again. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/ma

Re: moderation?

2007-09-05 Thread Martin Schröder
2007/8/29, Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Moderated would be too harsh, but I have turned on manual approval for > non-members of the list. We'll see how that goes for now. That didn't stop the asian spam... :-( Best Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/m

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:17:02AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I get the feeling it's time to turn this list into a moderated one ... Moderated would be too harsh, but I have turned on manual approval for non-members of the list. We'll see how that goes for now. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscrib

RE: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread g.rees-jones
Our mail administrators are pressuring me because the spam is messing up our spam filters. The list strips the mail headers so the origin of the spam is rsync@lists.samba.org rather than the individual who posted. I use SpamBayes so the the spam is only annoying, but if our mail administrator

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 8/28/07, Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I > think I noticed once that posting to a list re-enables one's mail > delivery, which would be a problem. I was mistaken; according to my test, posting does not re-enable mail delivery. Thus, we can recommend subscribing and disab

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
Please ignore this test message. It occurs to me that, to properly test the effect of posting, I need to use the exact same "From" address that is subscribed to the list. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.cat

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 8/28/07, Andre Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Users get to choose between a) having to subscribe once before you > can post and b) getting spam through the list every day, several > times a day. As far as I'm concerned, b) is a much bigger > annoyance than a). I am not annoyed much by b)

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Andre Majorel
On 2007-08-28 09:59 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: > That said, I do think it would be appreciated by all subscribers > if spam were controlled better by the rsync list. Users get to choose between a) having to subscribe once before you can post and b) getting spam through the list every day, sever

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Keith Lofstrom
p in the spam bucket. It is sad that psychopathic spammers have forced this choice on us, but the new reality is that we have to choose between spammers and those willing to make the effort for moderated signups and postings. The good news is that there are dozens of responsible list users that would be gla

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Charles Marcus
Matt McCutchen, on 8/28/2007 9:59 AM, said the following: On 8/28/07, Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In this day and age, that is a most unwise policy. For one, it opens up *MY* email address to spammers. Please, rsync list maintainers - join the 21st century, respect *MY* privacy ri

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Matt McCutchen
On 8/28/07, Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this day and age, that is a most unwise policy. For one, it opens up > *MY* email address to spammers. > > Please, rsync list maintainers - join the 21st century, respect *MY* > privacy rights, and require membership for participation. Let

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Martin Schröder
2007/8/28, Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The list is open to non-members, to make help with rsync more > accessible. Unfortunately some idiots feel the need to abuse Fine. Then close the list for non-members and moderate their posts. It's easy with mailman. Best Martin -- To unsubscrib

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Charles Marcus
On 8/28/2007, Paul Slootman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The list is open to non-members, to make help with rsync more accessible. Unfortunately some idiots feel the need to abuse this (what the point of the last set of subscriptions to some webshop's mailing list is, is beyond me). In this day a

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Paul Slootman
On Tue 28 Aug 2007, Charles Marcus wrote: > > I'm surprised - does this list not incorporate some kind of captcha > /confirmation system for registering members? Its been so long since I > signed up, I don't remember... The list is open to non-members, to make help with rsync more accessible. U

Re: moderation?

2007-08-28 Thread Charles Marcus
I get the feeling it's time to turn this list into a moderated one ... I'm surprised - does this list not incorporate some kind of captcha /confirmation system for registering members? Its been so long since I signed up, I don't remember... -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe or cha

moderation?

2007-08-27 Thread Sven . Hartrumpf
Hi. I get the feeling it's time to turn this list into a moderated one ... Greetings Sven pgp4LjVHOUOLr.pgp Description: PGP signature -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html