Hi! On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 5:57 PM Moderator <b...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Simon, > > In the sense that the same day an attempts were made to post this exact > same "boiler plate" *SPAM* to at least four other open source mailing > lists that I know of. > Fascinating. I haven't seen it on any of the others I handle. > > When this post arrived in moderation I checked and noted that it had a > *FORGED* header. > > In light of your post, I have gone so far as trying to contact Mohamad > Taha Mohamed at Sraco Co - Purchase Department, only to find that this > character does *NOT* exist. > > Now, is that "sense" clear enough for you? > Good research, thanks. I could not (and cannot) see an especially useful spam vector which is why I was happy to assume goodwill & mod it through as it has been a common list request over the years - generally this list has been inclusively moderated (even if reactions have often been regrettable). I haven't seen it in any other spam traps and would do so again were it not for your research. > I still do not have an answer to my request for the other moderator to > contact me. Based on information acquired over time I know that Marcus > appointed himself as a list moderator, but our PMC have always > considered it necessary for moderators remain anonymous. > To reach the other moderators I mail $list-owner@ - I have always found mod-to-mod messages get a reply. Mod discussions on-list seem misplaced. > I will repeat the same request for a clear cut, unequivocal answer I > asked the PMC for over 10 years ago: "Why should list moderators not be > able to identify each other". The last time this question was asked some > of our PMC spewed out a meaningless response about privacy, blah, blah, > blah and more BS. > > I am about the one and only moderator for the Apache OpenOffice project > has who actually provides clear, positive, *active* assistance to those > who post to <list name>-ow...@openoffice.apache.org I also reply when I have the necessary authority to help and see it in time. > Simon, you and I are very much alike, in the respect that if we take on > a responsibility, be it a trivial list moderation, or establishing a > commercial entity for The Documentation Foundation, we both endeavour to > do the the best job we possibly can. Thanks. I try (including here). S.
