On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 04:05:57AM +0200, Smitty wrote: >> > >>>Is there anything that can be done to cut down the spam on >> > >dri-devel? >>Several other mailing lists I'm on hold submissions by >> > >non-subscribers>>for approval. I'd even be willing to sort the >> > >non-subscribed emails,>>so that everyone else could avoid them... >> > > >> > >That would be great, its really starting to get on my tits now. >> > > >> > >What you've mentioned has been suggested by Alex in response to one >> > >of my emails about this. >> > > >> > >I've tried contacting the list mainatiner privately but it would >> > >appear that the maintainer listed under dri-devel list info is >> > >incorrect. >> > > >> > > >> > >>I've just started running bogofilter on all incoming email, myself, >> > >>though yeah, it'd be nice if it weren't so necessary. >> > > >> > >I'm on the dri-digest(s) option so I just live with it. >> > > >> > > >> > >>>Or am I just being obnoxious? >> > >> >> > >>Less so than the spammers. :) >> > > >> > >I skipped your email because of the subject line. <g> >> > >> > I'd be happy to see postings restricted to subscribers too. >> > >> > Unfortunately, I don't know what the list-admin password is. Maybe >> > Daryll or Rik do? >> >> I could do it, but I don't think it's a good idea to restrict those >> who are non-members of the list. Cross postings from the xfree86 lists >> are sometimes useful. >Well Rich already wanted to proof the emails / kill the spam for the list, >Alex recomended splitting the list in two, subscribed vs unsubscribed, >allowing anything posted by a subscriber through, and filtering the >unsubscribed postings.
We used to do that with some of the XFree86 lists, but there ended up being a lot of stuff that needed to be processed manually by the list maintainers and it quickly got out of hand. We opted for better spam filtering and removing the subscriber-only restriction. A small amount of spam gets past the filter, but it's minor compared with the total volume and the manual intervention required now is very close to zero. >I mean I've heard of Viagra and Propecia (I think) but what the heck >Phentermine and Xenical are is beyond me. > >I assume filtering of sf mailng lists is not possible because filtering >on: viagra, porn, mortage - would catch about half of the spam. I expect that there is some filtering already (virus email isn't getting through for example, and given the amount of that the XFree86 filter catches each day I'm sure they get directed this way). David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
