New Mailing List - Too much spam



--- Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se> wrote:
> >>>>> "Maorong" == Maorong Zou <mzou@math.utexas.edu> writes:
> 
>     Maorong>   Posting privilege is now limited to list members. It
>     Maorong> wasn't enforced before.
> 
> Too bad.  It makes it a pain for new users to send info because they
> have to be added to the list first.

Maybe we can do this instead - suggest the sourceforge forums as a
place for new users to head, and we can start paying more attention or
maybe forward forum posts to this list - I don't see much spam in the
forums, as a rule.  I agree the spam has got to stop.

>     Maorong>   If spam is still a problem, we can change the list
>     Maorong> to a moderated list.
> 
> Has someone volunteered to moderate the list?

Personally I would oppose a moderated list in principle - shouldn't it
be easier to just kick off any address being abused for spam purposes? 
Unless they start somehow autoregistering addresses I don't forsee a
major problem as long as the list is members only, and if we start to
use the forums properly we can have our cake and eat it too.

CY

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