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Re: spam hell
- From: Akim Demaille <akim at epita dot fr>
- To: "Rupert Wood" <me at rupey dot net>
- Cc: "'Lars J. Aas'" <larsa at sim dot no>, "'Mats Lidell'" <matsl at contactor dot se>, "'F J Franklin'" <F dot J dot Franklin at sheffield dot ac dot uk>, <automake at gnu dot org>
- Date: 30 Jan 2002 17:17:44 +0100
- Subject: Re: spam hell
- References: <616BE6A276E3714788D2AC35C40CD18D03AA14@whale.softwire.co.uk>
>>>>> "Rupert" == Rupert Wood <me@rupey.net> writes:
Rupert> Lars J. Aas wrote:
>> : Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fast to join
>> the : list so that requiring that you are a member if you want to
>> post is : OK.
>>
>> I wouldn't mind this personally, but I seem to remember there were
>> some strong opinions against this the last time it was brought up.
Rupert> The sources.redhat.com/gcc.gnu.org solution is to:
Rupert> * accept all posts from subscribers * RBL-filter posts from
Rupert> non-subscribers * maintain a 'global-allow' list for
Rupert> RBL-blacklisted non-subscribers who want to post
Rupert> It works quite well but I imagine it would need changes to the
Rupert> whole gnu.org mailsystem rather than be implementable
Rupert> per-list. Details here:
Rupert> http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#rbl-sucks
There is no point in debating about spam here, it becomes spam by
itself. What is needed is someone that manages to convince the FSF to
protect their machines. I tried, and never got answers.
Finally, making these list closed is wrong: there are about as many
posts from people from outside than from inside. And bug-* can
obviously not be closed.