RE: spam hell

[Rupert Wood]

Lars J. Aas wrote:

> : Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fast to join the
> : list so that requiring that you are a member if you want to post is
> : OK.
> 
> I wouldn't mind this personally, but I seem to remember there were
> some strong opinions against this the last time it was brought up.

The sources.redhat.com/gcc.gnu.org solution is to:

 * accept all posts from subscribers
 * RBL-filter posts from non-subscribers
 * maintain a 'global-allow' list for RBL-blacklisted non-subscribers
   who want to post

It works quite well but I imagine it would need changes to the whole
gnu.org mailsystem rather than be implementable per-list. Details here:

   http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#rbl-sucks

Rup.