On 08/24/2012 10:11 PM, Jörg Saßmannshausen wrote: > Hi all,
Hiya! > I am one of the many who cannot post to the list despite being a member of it > for some years. :-/ Well I spotted your message in the queue and let it through, so welcome! > I think the policy was that only members can post (good thing in my opinion) > and new members are moderated. > I am moderating an email list here as well and unfortunately the list's email > address got to the outside world. I do get some spam but it is something I can > cope with. > Once a new member has established themselves as not being a spammer (and here > I really mean the type of: buy vi online! I mean, I got vi installed on my > machines so why shall I buy it? :D ) you can remove the moderation flag. If > that member then becomes a spammer or troll you can them put back into > moderation only. That's precisely how the list works at the moment, in that new subscribers have posts moderated at first and that flag gets cleared after a while. The only problem is that the list has been running on autopilot for quite a while (I don't know how long) and so people haven't been getting unmoderated or having posts approved. > Does that sound like a good idea? We do not have to rule out the usual anti- > spam mechanisms here. Agreed, we need defence in depth on this. :-) > My two cents from somebody who got put on the observer chair :D You are now unmoderated, so you can get off that chair now. ;-) cheers! Chris _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
