On Mon, 5 May 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > When I first subscribed to debian-* lists, I was required to > agree to a number of anti-spam restrictions before being allowed to > post to the list. Violation of this agreement would result in being > removed from the list of authorized posters, and perhaps other > penalties.
The debian mailing lists were moved and recreated sometime during February, and I volunteered to handle list management duties in early March. As a result of those transitions (and at the advice of Bruce Perens, who preceded me in my present role), there no longer exists a "spam" filter. I'd be willing to consider this if there is suitable request from the crowd. > There was an obnoxious posting this morning from some creature > offering guanteed credit, and I have seen a few similar messages from > time to time, and there is the evangelist who posts a long sermon > about once a month. Is the authorized posting list still being used > since the list server was moved? If so, are these offenders being > purged from the list? Was that on the -user list? I didn't catch it. I've been on and off of the user list, due to a 1.5 week vacation/training session and the job pressures that result. Now that life is settling back down, I'm planning on keeping up with -user regularly. If anyone is offended, bothered, or in any way disturbed by a post, please feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to handle the process of pestering the poster and the persons responsible for allowing the post to happen. I do purge obnoxious posters if they are on the list (I did so last week, after getting no response to a simple question). If there are other actions you'd like me to take as "Minister of Information" (aka mailing list manager), please contact me. Pete -- Pete Templin, Debian List Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
