-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all,
I'd like to solicit opinions from list members on changing the policy of the list on messages from non-subscribers from the current default of holding them for moderation to the position of rejecting them (with an explanatory message). The reason is that currently us new list admins get many dozens of spams a day being held for moderation and it would be very hard to spot a legitimate message (from either a new subscriber or from a new member who is having messages held for moderation) amongst them. It seems fairer to me for legitimate non-members to get an email saying that their post has been rejected because they're not a member, but pointing them to the web page to subscribe, rather than just a message saying it's been held for moderation and then nothing (if it gets missed). It's also fairer to new members who are under moderation (as spammers do sign up to lists too) as their messages won't get missed in the general flood of non-member spam. This is how all the other Mailman lists I run are configured and it's not caused issues or complaints there. Thoughts please! cheers, Chris - -- Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlA2034ACgkQO2KABBYQAh+bKwCePy8HxXFL/cXH3HCvmcyNZcPB kYsAn3pa2/pWewv0wJ9Ee7pAJessq3iR =RDNl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
