Re: [Savannah-hackers] emacs-diffs mailing list and other similar ones

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 01:51:24PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> The emacs-diffs list is getting some spam.  It should be nearly
> trivial to reject nearly all spam on lists of this kind, because the
> message ID of any legitimate message is @lists.gnu.org, and the
> subject of any legitiate message to emacs-diffs contains "Changes to".
> 
> Can you set up something simple to reject mail that doesn't have those
> characteristics?  Or if you can't do it alone, could you please ask
> sysadmin to set it up for you, in such a way that you can install the
> same filter on your own (without needing the sysadmin's help) for all
> such diffs mailing lists that exist now or in the future?
> 
> I will be happiest if you get this job done reasonably soon without
> need for my help, and if the next message I get from you about this,
> within a week from now, says "The job is done".  However, if for any
> reason you are blocked by a problem you cannot solve promptly on your
> own, please *tell me* the problem without delay.

I set up such filtering via Mailman on address@hidden; it apparently
doesn't work for now, I'll continue to investigate this.

-- 
Sylvain