NOTE: if you have not read the message I am replying to and quoting, then this concerns *you*!
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:01:28AM CET: > Spamcop has listed the gnu.org mailing list server. Several members of > at least one of the Libtool lists have had their subscription disabled > because their mail servers reject based on spamcop alone. The mail server is off the list again now. > This sucks majorly, as it prevents communication with people. Some of > the users that got their subscription disabled have recently taken part > in discussion and will necessarily miss some messages directed at them > now; sending to them off-list is of no help, some addresses seem to > accept list email only. > > When the server is delisted again, I will wait a bit more, then enable > manually all subscriptions that got disabled this way, and send this > message again, so it has a better chance to reach them. Done now. > For over a half year now, the Libtool lists implement first-post > moderation, and the number of spam that got through has dropped to > almost zero since then. The moderation is a nonzero amount of extra > work that goes away from Libtool development. > > I expect in return that users get their mail servers to NOT REJECT BASED > SOLELY ON SPAMCOP. If they cannot achieve that (because of corporate > rules, whatever), then please simply don't subscribe with such an email > address, or subscribe but turn off delivery. > > It would also be good to look at the other gnu.org lists they are > subscribed to: if any are open and send nontrivial amounts of spam, > please notify the respective list owner to do something about this, > for example first-post moderation. > > I won't repeat this procedure the next time this happens. > > Cheers, > Ralf _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
