der.hans wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> is there a way to get mailman to throttle a thread if it's gets more than
> x posts in y minutes?
>
> Essentially, I want a builtin flame war cooling down period. I don't want
> to moderate the entire list and I don't want to have to have to depend on
> someone adding the moderation.
>
> Bonus points if it can also add moderation points to individuals
> participating in the flame war and automagically moderate accounts after a
> certain number of moderation points are accumulated.
>
> Extra bonus points if the moderation points can automagically expire
> after some configurable time period.
>
> If mailman can't do the automagic throttling and another MLM can, we can
> consider changing MLMs, but I'd rather stick with mailman.
>
>
Have you thought about doing it with your underlying MTA instead?
(sendmail or postfix both have mechanisms that would allow you to set a
connection throttle rate, though it might be tricky to do it on a
per-list basis)
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