??changed: -This is now done by default for lists created through savannah. This is done by default for lists created through savannah. The system is called listhelper, and its home page is http://listhelper.nongnu.org.
++added: Extensive suggestions and comments about many other Mailman configuration settings, based on experiences using listhelper over the years, are at http://listhelper.nongnu.org/mailmanconf.html. ??changed: -Shared moderation: lists @(non)gnu.org can use [email protected] as an administrator or moderator to help spread the moderation load. This fake address has the advantage of not being harvestable, which keeps the crud coming to *-owner to a manageable level. It has the disadvantage that when a real message is sent to *-owner, it is lost. The hope is that real people will see the DELETEME and delete it instead of blindly sending to the mailto: link on the mailman pages. - -On lists.gnu.org, there is a cron entry (for user `list') which runs ~/bin/lmpending, which eventually creates a web page currently at http://freefriends.org/~listhelper/moderate, which lists the lists with recent pending messages. (There are many other cron entries which are a standard part of mailman installation; list and mailman have the same uid.) - -There is no difference between listhelper[-moderate] @gnu.org and @nongnu.org. We tend to use @gnu.org for GNU lists and @nongnu.org for non-GNU lists, but it makes no practical difference. - -We do not claim this is anything like an optimal or efficient system. But it is what we could do now, without requiring mail system infrastructure changes (which were not forthcoming). Maybe someday a better system will be possible. - -The home page for listhelper is http://listhelper.nongnu.org. Shared moderation: lists @(non)gnu.org can use [email protected] as an administrator or moderator to help spread the moderation load. On lists.gnu.org, there is a cron entry (for user `list') which runs ~/bin/lmpending, which eventually creates a web page currently at http://freefriends.org/~listhelper/moderate, which lists the lists with recent pending messages. (There are many other cron entries which are a standard part of mailman installation.) There is no difference between listhelper[-moderate] @gnu.org and @nongnu.org. We tend to use @gnu.org for GNU lists and @nongnu.org for non-GNU lists, but we aren't rigorous about it, and it makes no practical difference. We do not claim this is anything like an optimal or efficient system. But it is what we could do now, without requiring deep mail system infrastructure changes. Maybe someday a better system will be possible. ??changed: -* Nearly every list on lists.gnu.org is checked to some extent. The only - exceptions are the ones which explicitly did not want any checking, - such as fsfe-uk, bug-freedink, savannah.*private, Aubrey's lists * Nearly every list on lists.gnu.org is checked to some extent. The known exceptions are those which explicitly did not want any checking, such as fsfe-uk, bug-freedink, Aubrey's lists -- forwarded from http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/ListHelperAntiSpam#[email protected]/maintenance
