The "members" option sounds right to me. Thanks for tracking down a way to improve the situation!
At Sat, 18 Dec 2021 19:35:23 +0000, Sage Gerard wrote: > Core team, > > Sam asked me to issue bans for a troublesome spammer. I've done so, even > just today. I understand I need quorum for larger decisions. This is why > I have not yet reconfigured the list to permanently stop the spammer. > After researching the problem further, I need your urgent attention. > > I found that the spam messages sometimes link to other Google group > posts affected by the spammer. A recent trail leads to a > comp.lang.python Google message in 2017. I suspect that email addresses > are scraped in unmoderated lists that freely hand out membership. After > checking the list settings, I found that this is one of those lists. I > hypothesize that our email addresses are being scraped and > cross-referenced for use in other unmoderated lists. > > It's one thing to flatly complain about a spammer on this list, and > another to willingly maintain a transmission vector. We need to stop > automatically handing out group membership with our current settings. We > can have ________ issue list memberships. I need you all to fill in the > blank with "moderators" or "members." I'll translate the settings > accordingly. > > Given the holidays, I respect your time. Please reciprocate with respect > for the urgency this problem creates. I will revoke my own mailing list > privileges and membership in three weeks, on January 8th, 2022. I will > leave the settings however they read at the time to prevent > interruption, and request that own messages then be deleted to limit the > role my email address plays for the spammer. > > I am not volunteering to moderate membership applications, and I am not > commenting on how to verify the impact of possible email leaks. Between > the Discourse move and (majority?) perspective towards email, I'm not > sure how I would be useful doing either. If my opinion holds weight, I'd > advise the answer be "members" so that any available moderators can > focus on rule breakers while the community grows at a self-directed speed. > > Let me know, and thank you. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5fa6a8bb-88e4-37c6-f0b9-2ed372bc > e8fe%40sagegerard.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/20211218124300.343%40sirmail.smtps.cs.utah.edu.
