I think you should go for option c, but if a particular post catches your eye and turns out to be interesting to you, let it go through.
Forest On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Rob Lanphier wrote: > Hi all, > > You'll probably notice a batch of fairly old messages coming through on > the list. This is because I just went through the queue of 28 messages > which sat in the moderator queue, and found the half a dozen or so that > are legit emails, as opposed to the rest, which were spam. The reason > why all of these messages are there is because non-member mails need to > get approved by me in order to go through. > > The mail list software for this list is Mailman, which is probably the > best mail list management software out there. However, one thing that > is less than perfect is the user interface for these. It's not meant to > deal with large volumes of mails, which I'm receiving now (much to my > annoyance). This causes me to procrastinate on doing this, which in > turn causes old mail to stack up. > > When I'm faced with a legit mail that's 20 days old, I'm at a quandry > what to do. I'm not keeping track of the list traffic...I just haven't > had time to read this list. It could be that I'm letting duplicate > messages through, because the person who tried sending figured out they > needed to subscribe. > > So, I'm asking the list. Which would you rather see me do when messages > are sent from non-list members, given the fact that I might not get > around to cleaning the queue out more than once or twice a month: > a. allow legit posts through, regardless of how old > b. allow recent posts through (2-3 days) bounce all posts more than > three days old, with explanation "please join the list to post" > c. bounce all posts, with explanation "please join the list to post" > d. change this to a completely unmoderated list (not really an option, > see below) > e. other (see below for "d") > > I'd really rather not do "d", because it's easier for me to reject the > spam before it gets to the list than it is to clean it out of the mail > list archives afterwards. In fact, I would need to contact my ISP for > the latter. > > Thoughts? > Rob > > > > ---- > Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info