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On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 02:28:08PM +0200, Henrik Treadup wrote: |
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> Spam is (I assume) a problem not only for the gentoo-dev mailing list but |
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> also for all other gentoo lists. Closing gentoo-dev doesn't solve the |
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> problem. The other lists will still get spam. |
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> Should the other lists also be closed? (Closing gentoo-newbies is probably |
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> a bad idea.) The solution IMHO is a filter on the gentoo mailserver. |
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How is making the list subscriber only closing it? I'm on about 20 |
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other mailing lists, all subscribe only and I get no spam on them. |
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This problem has been solved long ago...there is no need to waste |
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server processor cycles for spam filtering on lists. If people are |
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scared that there newbies 'won't be able to figure out' hot to |
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subscribe, I'm on some music development lists where the people on |
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there barely even know how to use the computer for anything else other |
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than email and can still figure it out. |
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I'm pretty sure that anybody that uses email can figure out how to |
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read a page, send an email and a send a reply when they get it. |
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