Alright, thanks to all of you for the quick replies. As of this writing, the list has been reconfigured to create an explicit perimeter between the non-members and members. The public can no longer let themselves in.
Not totally out of the woods yet. - Someone please confirm if you can invite others using Members page -> "Add Member". If not, then please follow up with me. - This model can be compromised by someone going rogue and inviting a bunch of spammers. I'm expecting that our communal trust is high enough to make this unlikely. Considering the risk profile seems less scary, disregard request to delete my emails. :) On 12/18/21 3:02 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > +2! And many thanks. (I was personally spared this spam until very recently. > No clue why) > > — Matthias > >> On Dec 18, 2021, at 2:55 PM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +1! Thank you. >> >> Robby >> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 1:43 PM Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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. 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