[Buildbot-devel] spam on list

[Benoit Sigoure]

Quoting Brian Warner <warner-buildbot at lothar.com>:
> "Gianluca Sforna" <giallu at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> why don't just block non subscribes from posting? There are always
>> other means to send messages w/o subscribing, for example through
>> gmane[1].
>
> A general question for everybody: Would people be ok with this policy? I know
> that some lists try to remain open to questions from people who don't plan to
> stick around for a while (or who are posting from alternate addresses). Would
> you have been less willing to ask your first question here if you had had to
> subscribe first?
>

I think it's better to keep the list open but to moderate all messages coming
from non subscriber as already proposed by Nathaniel.  I've been doing 
this for
a dozen of lists for several months and it only takes a couple of 
minutes a day
(to accept or discard the new messages).

-- 
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory