On 15 November 2011 17:22, Geoff Hutchison <ge...@geoffhutchison.net> wrote: >> Geoff, what do you think about changing the way we do mailing list >> moderation. > >> What do you think if we change things so that (a) we only moderate >> once a week, and (b) we highlight the fact that members are not >> moderated, and that otherwise a waiting period of up to a week should >> be expected. > > Well, I'm happy to moderate less frequently. But there's a big problem with > step (b). The only way I can think of to highlight the moderation process is > by a reply back to a non-member posting to the list. The downside is that it > confirms the list e-mail to spam senders. In general, such behavior usually > dramatically increases the amount of spam (or it has in the past). > > I'm game to try any alterations to the moderation procedure.
Well, let's see how far we get so without replying to non-members. I note in passing though, that we have not activated the spam filter on the list (see https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mailing%20lists). As a first step, I've edited http://openbabel.org/wiki/Help#Ask_for_Help. I think this is the main entry point for people. I'll edit other mentions as I find them. > And yes, we could try to merge -scripting and -discuss lists. I'll put this in motion, and remove references to -scripting in the docs. I don't want to lose any existing posts so I'll probably just close the list to new posts after a warning. > -Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ OpenBabel-Devel mailing list OpenBabel-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-devel
