RE: mailing list moderation

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello!
Bug-Grub went to being an open list, anyone could post there, and I do
mean anyone, to being a closed one, about the time the first examples
of junk mail in Russian surfaced. It was at my insistence. I also
moderate it.

That means that if someone on this list has a problem with how GRUB is
booting his HURD configuration, and wants some advice outside of the
HURD lists, and writes there, I would need to approve it, and would.

This also means that gigabytes of junk mail are being discarded right
and left by myself, and one or two other people.

I have offered to do this, that way, for the HURD lists, but AMS
insisted that we keep them an open list. I won't go back down the
paths as to why he's not here, but that's another story all together
concerning  my statement there.
--
Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
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"Remember the Force will be with you. Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bug-hurd-bounces+hansolofalcon=att.net@gnu.org
[mailto:bug-hurd-
> bounces+hansolofalcon=att.net@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Schwinge
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 9:34 AM
> To: Thomas Bushnell BSG
> Cc: Karl Berry; bug-hurd@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: mailing list moderation
> 
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 06:49:07PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > karl@gnu.org (Karl Berry) writes:
> >
> > > It appears that this mailing list, bug-hurd@gnu.org, (among many
others),
> > > has no known owner/moderator, and accepts mail from
non-subscribers.
> > > The result is passing through of lots of spam.
> 
> Not anymore: there was a data base corruption on the GNU side, which
> ended in making Mailman work with a mailing list configuration from
years
> ago.
> 
> 
> > If we have a volunteer moderator, maybe that's ok.
> 
> We have.
> 
> 
> > It does have gobs of spam.
> 
> Not anymore, as far as I can tell.  Ok, it's still in the archives,
but
> no new junk should be distributed through this list (and others).
> 
> 
> Regards,
>  Thomas
> 
> 
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