Apologies on the delay:
On 08/23/2012 09:06 PM, Christopher Samuel wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I'd like to solicit opinions from list members on changing the policy > of the list on messages from non-subscribers from the current default > of holding them for moderation to the position of rejecting them (with > an explanatory message). > > The reason is that currently us new list admins get many dozens of > spams a day being held for moderation and it would be very hard to > spot a legitimate message (from either a new subscriber or from a new > member who is having messages held for moderation) amongst them. > > It seems fairer to me for legitimate non-members to get an email > saying that their post has been rejected because they're not a member, > but pointing them to the web page to subscribe, rather than just a > message saying it's been held for moderation and then nothing (if it > gets missed). > > It's also fairer to new members who are under moderation (as spammers > do sign up to lists too) as their messages won't get missed in the > general flood of non-member spam. > > This is how all the other Mailman lists I run are configured and it's > not caused issues or complaints there. > > Thoughts please! > Subscriber only is good. > cheers, > Chris > - -- > Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator > VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative > Email: sam...@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 > http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlA2034ACgkQO2KABBYQAh+bKwCePy8HxXFL/cXH3HCvmcyNZcPB > kYsAn3pa2/pWewv0wJ9Ee7pAJessq3iR > =RDNl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc. email: land...@scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 _______________________________________________ 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
