Package: lists.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
As I understand there is a decision to keep the debian list open to all.
This results in having to deal with a lot of spam emails. My
suggestion is to have a list of authenticated senders and
non-authenticated senders. Upon sending a message to the list, a
non-authenticated sender will have an e-mail sent back to her with a
request to confirm that the email was indeed sent from the address
specified in its header and by a person (spammers use automation
software and fake email addresses, so most of the spam messages won't
be confirmed). The system could require the user to send another
email, with an automatically generated confirmation code, to confirm
that she sent the first email. Upon receiving the confirmation email,
the original email will be published on the list. Additionally the
non-authenticated sender may be added to the authenticated senders
list. Any person who subscribes to the list will automatically be
added to the list of authenticated senders.
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