When I follow the link at the bottom of one of these messages, click on members, I see an "add members" button and clicking on it gives me a place to add email addresses. I didn't actually add email addresses to the list and try to add them, and I might have already had special privileges on this list so that might not have been the most useful test.
Robby On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM Sage Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > 1. Someone please confirm if you can invite others using Members page > -> "Add Member". If not, then please follow up with me. > 2. 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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