On Sun, 12 May 2002, Michael Tuexen wrote:
> 'closing' the lists does not mean that someone not being subscribed can't
> send e-mail to the list. It means that a moderator has to approve such
> postings.
>
> So they are still open to all, only some postings have to be approved.
>
> I'm running an e-mail list like this and all spam has been blocked
> easily. It
> only needs a moderator...
>
> I would prefer if the ethereal lists are run this way. It means that
> they are
> open and (almost) spam free.
Are you the only moderator, or do you share the duty with others? This
sounds like a good solution, but I'm concerned that posts requiring
approval would be delayed significantly. I'm currently the only
administrator for most of the Ethereal lists, and it sometimes takes a few
days for me to process administrative requests.
I'll go ahead and set -dev, -users and -doc to members-only posting.
Would anyone like to volunteer to help with moderation?
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
> On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 08:39 PM, Joerg Mayer wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 12:20:17PM -0500, Nathan Neulinger wrote:
> >> Is there some reason that the ethereal lists are still all open? At
> >> least the ethereal-dev one?
> >
> > IMHO, the openness of the Ethereal mailing lists has been a very good
> > thing: It is used for support (ideally ethereal-users, but ethereal-dev
> > too), and it makes it easier for "outsiders" to submit patches or ask
> > question that may lead to patches.
> > Maybe some tuning of the current mailscanner to actually detect the Klez
> > virus would be sufficient. That way, most spam/virii is marked and you
> > can drop it via your procmailrc (or whatever you are using instead).
> >
> > Ciao
> > Jörg
> > --
> > Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
> > what proactive means.
> >
> >
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