It's best if the actual list administrators decide how to handle postings
from non-members.



On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 10:35 AM Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <
nwil...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> Re: Banning a domain - I think that regex you are using needs to be
> changed.
> As far as I know, the examples given here are all well-formed:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration#Auto-discarding_spam
> (I added them there, after asking for help from others, so I hope so!)
>
> Re: "non-members" - that's just an automated list of anyone who has ever
> interacted with the list.[1] I believe we should leave the
> spammer-addresses in there, but can change their moderation-settings to
> "Discard".
>
> [1]
> https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/model/docs/membership.html#nonmembers
> - "Nonmembers are used to represent people who have posted to the mailing
> list but are not subscribed to the mailing list. These may be legitimate
> users who have found the mailing list and wish to interact without a direct
> subscription, or they may be spammers who should never be allowed to
> contact the mailing list."
>
> Hope that helps!
> Quiddity
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 2:57 AM GoEthe.wiki <goethe.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have banned an email address domain (with *+@sorter.ch) but I am still
>> seeing emails from this sort of address getting through to moderation. What
>> else do I need to do? I see there are some emails from this domain listed
>> as non-members. Should I delete those?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gonçalo Themudo
>>
>> *Presidente*
>> *Wikimedia Portugal*
>> *Email: *goethe.w...@gmail.com
>> *Website: *http://pt.wikimedia.org
>> <https://sites.google.com/view/themudo>
>> *Imagine um mundo onde cada ser humano pode partilhar livremente a soma
>> de todo o conhecimento, na sua própria língua.*
>>
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>
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