Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-11 Thread Todd Denniston
Robert J. Clark wrote: On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:00:47 -0400 (EDT) R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied RMS (who seems able to get attention grin) on poll results: 6 in favor, 0 opposed, 5 new pieces of spam at the moment. Definitely +1 - Rob +1

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜAâåeîóµÄíâùQ­­äN·½ê

2002-04-09 Thread u.tropp
inFavor++; but i agree to Stephes remark: Posters who post non-conformant meeting the foregoing criteria will be silently unsubscribed. This bothers me. Newbies will often post from an html mailer (like Outlook or the latest Netscape). I'd rather they get a warning/notice that the

RE: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-09 Thread Anders Truelsen
-Original Message- From: R P Herrold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 8. april 2002 19:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê -- CVS developers -- How say you? Yes! Please do so :-) Thanks anders

PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread R P Herrold
dag nabbit ... (see below after snipage...) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:29:52 +0800 From: [GB2312] ¹ú¼ÊóÒ×ÁªÑ¶Íø [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê½ html head meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;

RE: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Beachey, Kendric
R P Herrold said: Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. If so designated, in moderating, my moderation will initially consist of turning on the option to catch and hold, pending discard, all non-subscriber posts. I seek to manage held posts at least daily, often a couple

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue

2002-04-08 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Monday, April 8, 2002 at 13:58:15 (-0400), R P Herrold wrote: ] Subject: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. If so designated, in moderating, my moderation will initially consist of turning on the option to catch and hold

RE: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±Ü ÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, Beachey, Kendric wrote: Were it up to me, every message I ever write would be in plain old text, but our dad-blamed Exchange server insists on HTML-ifying my messages as it hands them to the outside world. No worry. html posted from _subscribers_ would not be caught by

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Les Bell
Absolutely! I have never before seen such an egregious example of list abuse by spammers. Before moderation, how about the simpler step of simply denying all posts by non-members? I can see no legitimate reason why a CVS user would want to post to the list and not receive replies. But if that

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Les Bell wrote: Before moderation, how about the simpler step of simply denying all posts by non-members? I can see no legitimate reason why a CVS user would want to post to the list and not receive replies. Re-read my proposal --- that _was_ my approach grin I have

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Adam P.
R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have copied RMS (who seems able to get attention grin) on poll results: 6 in favor, 0 opposed, 5 new pieces of spam at the moment. If a CVS-greenhorn and cvs-l-newcomer like me has the right to vote, then I am *definitely* for your proposal.

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Terry Spafford
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, R P Herrold wrote: On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Les Bell wrote: Before moderation, how about the simpler step of simply denying all posts by non-members? I can see no legitimate reason why a CVS user would want to post to the list and not receive replies. Re-read my proposal

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Joi Ellis
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, R P Herrold wrote: On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Les Bell wrote: Before moderation, how about the simpler step of simply denying all posts by non-members? I can see no legitimate reason why a CVS user would want to post to the list and not receive replies. Re-read my

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue

2002-04-08 Thread Russ Tremain
Yes, please. Sounds like a very reasonable plan. Thank you very much for addressing this. -Russ Tremain On Monday, April 8, 2002 at 13:58:15 (-0400), R P Herrold wrote: ] Subject: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. If so

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Thomas S. Urban
in_favor++; snip -- Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. Barton ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Robert J. Clark
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:00:47 -0400 (EDT) R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied RMS (who seems able to get attention grin) on poll results: 6 in favor, 0 opposed, 5 new pieces of spam at the moment. Definitely +1 - Rob ___ Info-cvs

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Christian Andersson
1 more in favour... loking att my deleted spam mailbox, the number of spam that I get through this list is about 90% or up to 95% of all the spam I get mostly I only read the list or use it as a source for finding the information i need, but all the spam has made me consider to drop this

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Jason Allen
Definitely in favour. Thanks! - Original Message - From: R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê dag nabbit ... (see below after snipage

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312]±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Stephen Leake
R P Herrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: snip Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. If so designated, in moderating, my moderation will initially consist of turning on the option to catch and hold, pending discard, all non-subscriber posts. I seek to manage held posts at

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:58:15PM -0400, R P Herrold wrote: Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. +1! -- | | /\ |-_|/ Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / Outlook not so good. That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server

Re: PROPOSAL: Addressing the list's spam issue: was: [GB2312] ±ÜÃâåeÎóµÄÍâÙQÐÐäN·½Ê

2002-04-08 Thread Frank Derichsweiler
On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 01:58:15PM -0400, R P Herrold wrote: Proposal: I propose to undertake to offer to moderate. If so + 1 Frank ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs