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Re: [Bug-gnubg] too much spam?


From: Jim Segrave
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] too much spam?
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:01:47 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.4i

On Wed 07 Jan 2004 (14:33 +0000), Joern Thyssen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:47:13PM +0100, Jim Segrave wrote
> > On Tue 06 Jan 2004 (22:11 +0000), Joern Thyssen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > It's possible to change the mailing list so only members may post. This
> > > should effectively reduce the spam to nil, but will make it more
> > > difficult for a user to report a problem, since the user will have to
> > > subscribe first.
> > > 
> > > Comments?
> > 
> > Move the mailing list to a machine where we can pass incoming mail
> > through spamassassin prior to passing it to the mailing list. Mail not
> > tagged is then passed directly to the list exploder. Mail from
> > specific sender addresses (moderators) is sent directly to the
> > exploder. Mail tagged as possible spam is forwarded to a moderator
> > (I'd be willing to be one) and, if OK, the moderator can resumbit it
> > and it will be accepted.
> 
> I think the problem is that gnu.org does not have a spam filter.

That's why I suggested setting up a new mailing address.
 
> > This should reduce the levels sufficiently. I don't know if we could
> > do this on gnu.org, although I'd guess other lists hosted there have
> > the same problems. I assume address@hidden is now available on one
> > of the 250million email address CDs somewhere.
> > 
> > I am very much against closing posting to non-subscribers.
> > 
> > I would not be happy if I were a casual user who simply ran into a
> > little problem and I could not easily report it or get help without
> > having to subscribe to a mailing list (with the extra steps of
> > confirmed opt-in). I might then be doubly unhappy when I began to
> > receive emails about the finer points of gtk or generating METs, when
> > my entire problem was not knowing how to import a match from FIBs.
> 
> An alternative solution instead of rejecting message from unsubscribed
> persons, is to "hold" such messages. The message is not posted until
> it's approved by a moderator. This is like a manual spam filter. In
> fact, with some procmail magic it might be possible to automate the
> process.


Yes, if we can arrange this. Ideally non-subscriber postings are
forwarded to some other address (the moderator's). This can use
procmail to run a spam check and auto-approve if it looks clean and
leave only the dubious ones for human intervention. But again, all
this requires the co-operation of the gnu.org admins to set up mail
handling for bug-gnubg so that non-member postings are re-routed.


-- 
Jim Segrave           address@hidden




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