Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 6:52 AM, Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:40:56 +0200 Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> >> wrote: >> >>> fc: >>> > >>> > Actually -- does anyone monitor this list for this type of stuff? >>> >>> You have no idea *how much* spam is blocked by the work of the list >>> masters. But it's not that anybody monitors all of the almost 300 >>> Debian lists¹ with thousands of posts each day. >>> >>> > I see these types of things come through periodically -- and 1 >>> > delete on the front end could prevent a lot of woe. >>> >>> Your help is appreciated: >>> https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam >>> >>> Obviously, this only affects the archive after all subscribers already >>> received the spam message. Moderating all Debian lists is not a job >>> that anybody wants to do (and it wouldn't even be appreciated). >>> >>> > *Even more so* -- it seems like unauthorized users can email this >>> > list? >>> > >>> > Why not just restrict it to people who have subscribed? >>> >>> Because this excludes use cases that are deemed valid by the list >>> masters. >> >> Like what? >> >> Why not this: To post or reply to the list, you must be >> a subscriber; but to read/browse (even search archives, etc.), you >> do not. This is the way most of the lists I've been involved with have >> been set up. Works quite well controlling spurious posting by 'bots. >> One list I used required annual renewal.. > > How do you limit posts to subscribers? > > Login? > Subscriber list?
Yes, that's easily done -- check the From: against the subscriber list. That isn't perfect; a list I administer gets occasional spam from the forged email address of a subscriber; the list is so incredibly low volume that it's OK for me to just moderate it. That wouldn't be the case here. > What happens when you need an answer, but you don't have access to a > functional machine that you can trust? > > Also, I think there is a web forum that functions more or less as you > describe: > > http://forums.debian.net/
