Hi!
>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eric> This is an open plea to the MySQL team. The amount of spam and other noise
Eric> on the list has been growing more and more every day. I would like to make
Eric> a couple basic plea's. The first, is that you require a poster to the list
Eric> have an actual account on the list, that should help cut out some of the
Eric> general spam. Second, perhaps setup some basic moderation, I'll help if
Eric> need be :)
Eric> I think the last thing we all need is more spam coming down our pipes, so if
Eric> anything can be done to help prevent this, it would make everyone's lives
Eric> easier...except of coarse the low life scum that get's a rise out of farming
Eric> a list for E-Mails or even sending spam to the list.
This thing has been up a couple of times over the years. The problem
is that requiring people to be subscribers to the mailing list before
posting will only confuse the poor people that don't expect to get 100
emails per day after subscribing.
We need to come up with something better than the above. Here follows
some suggestions:
- Split the main (big) list into smaller, more specific lists.
- Require the person to be either subscribed to the list or that the
email should contain the word 'MySQL'.
(Sasha, would it be easy to fix the last thing).
- Add better spam filters; Matt, do you have any ideas for this?
Erik do you have any additional suggestions?
Regards.
Monty
PS: I did a quick scan of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive, but
didn't see that many spams; Erik, what is your notion about this?
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Before posting, please check:
http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual)
http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive)
To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
