I don't have any special privileges... when I view the Google group, I don't see a "Members" page at all and no where to invite anyone else. All I can access is a link "My membership settings".
--- nadeem On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 3:49 PM Robby Findler <[email protected]> wrote: > When I follow the link at the bottom of one of these messages, click on > members, I see an "add members" button and clicking on it gives me a place > to add email addresses. I didn't actually add email addresses to the list > and try to add them, and I might have already had special privileges on > this list so that might not have been the most useful test. > > Robby > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM Sage Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alright, thanks to all of you for the quick replies. As of this writing, >> the list has been reconfigured to create an explicit perimeter between the >> non-members and members. The public can no longer let themselves in. >> >> Not totally out of the woods yet. >> >> 1. Someone please confirm if you can invite others using Members page >> -> "Add Member". If not, then please follow up with me. >> 2. This model can be compromised by someone going rogue and inviting >> a bunch of spammers. I'm expecting that our communal trust is high enough >> to make this unlikely. >> >> Considering the risk profile seems less scary, disregard request to >> delete my emails. :) >> On 12/18/21 3:02 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: >> >> >> +2! And many thanks. (I was personally spared this spam until very >> recently. No clue why) >> >> — Matthias >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> +1! Thank you. >> >> Robby >> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 1:43 PM Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The "members" option sounds right to me. Thanks for tracking down a way >>> to improve the situation! >>> >>> At Sat, 18 Dec 2021 19:35:23 +0000, Sage Gerard wrote: >>> > Core team, >>> > >>> > Sam asked me to issue bans for a troublesome spammer. I've done so, >>> even >>> > just today. I understand I need quorum for larger decisions. This is >>> why >>> > I have not yet reconfigured the list to permanently stop the spammer. >>> > After researching the problem further, I need your urgent attention. >>> > >>> > I found that the spam messages sometimes link to other Google group >>> > posts affected by the spammer. A recent trail leads to a >>> > comp.lang.python Google message in 2017. I suspect that email addresses >>> > are scraped in unmoderated lists that freely hand out membership. After >>> > checking the list settings, I found that this is one of those lists. I >>> > hypothesize that our email addresses are being scraped and >>> > cross-referenced for use in other unmoderated lists. >>> > >>> > It's one thing to flatly complain about a spammer on this list, and >>> > another to willingly maintain a transmission vector. We need to stop >>> > automatically handing out group membership with our current settings. >>> We >>> > can have ________ issue list memberships. I need you all to fill in the >>> > blank with "moderators" or "members." I'll translate the settings >>> > accordingly. >>> > >>> > Given the holidays, I respect your time. Please reciprocate with >>> respect >>> > for the urgency this problem creates. I will revoke my own mailing list >>> > privileges and membership in three weeks, on January 8th, 2022. I will >>> > leave the settings however they read at the time to prevent >>> > interruption, and request that own messages then be deleted to limit >>> the >>> > role my email address plays for the spammer. >>> > >>> > I am not volunteering to moderate membership applications, and I am not >>> > commenting on how to verify the impact of possible email leaks. Between >>> > the Discourse move and (majority?) perspective towards email, I'm not >>> > sure how I would be useful doing either. 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