Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Stefan Reichör wrote:
> | Matthieu Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |> Alpár Jüttner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>>
> |>> I regularly get annoying and often very nasty spams from the
> |>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |>> Other mailing lists hinder it by just disallowing the non-member posts.
> |>> Please configure dvd-dev in this way, too.
> |> Sounds like a reasonable suggestion.
> |>
> |> I can't find the admin password for the list :-(. Stefan, you're
> |> co-administrator, can you take care of it?
> |
> | I glanced through the mailman options. I think, that I found the
> correct one.
> |
> | Hopefully we won't get any spam mails in the future.
>
> this "solution" is worse than the problem.
> a project should maintain an open mailing list (or another open channel)
> where users can report issues without having to subscribe to a mailing list.
> E.g., the CLISP project has a developer list clisp-devel
> (subscriber-only) and a user clisp-list (open list) where anyone can
> post. we do get spam, but aggressive filtering has kept it to a minimum.
>
> by closing the mailing list you are cutting off many users who (like I
> do) read the list on gmane without subscribing. this is a very bad idea.

I understand this position, since I use also gmane for many groups I
read. I have also experienced the problem, that posting via gmane is
not possible for such groups.

The following options are available for postings from non-members:
"Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is 
defined."

Accept  Hold    Reject  Discard


Before we had used Accept.

Yesterday I switched to Reject.

What about using hold. But I am not sure, how this mail administration would 
work...

I switched to Hold now. Now I try to send a test mail with a not subscribed 
mail address.

Stefan.

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