Re: recurring messages about spam in moderation queue

[Jim Garrison]

Hi Bob,

On Sat, 2021-04-03 at 20:18 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Hello Jim,
> 
> Jim Garrison wrote:
> > There is spam that recently arrived in the moderation queue of
> > gnomoradio-artists@nongnu.org, and I am now receiving daily
> > reminder
> > emails about it.  I do not remember the list moderator password, or
> > the
> > administrator password, and I do not see a way to reset
> > either.  Please
> > find a way to stop what are (now, to me) the daily spam emails.
> 
> I have deleted the spam message from the hold queue.  That will give
> you immediate relief.

Thank you -- for this, the prompt reply, and for working generally to
adminster the nongnu.org mailing lists.

> I see that gnomoradio-artists is not taking advantage of the *new*
> since 2003 when gnomoradio was set up listhelper team anti-spam
> system.  That's new since the gnomoradio-artists was set up.  I will
> speculatively set that up because it will prevent you getting spam'd
> like this moving forward.
> 
> I see that this is a very low use mailing list and hasn't had any
> activity since 2006.  What is the status of gnomoradio-artists?  Is
> this a list that should be put into an archive only state?  It's no
> trouble for us either way.

I think perhaps an archive only state is best.  The gnomoradio-users
and gnomoradio-devel lists can be safely put into this state as well. 
I am still a bit surprised that this lone message landed in the spam
queue after 15 years!

All the best,
Jim