[Buildbot-devel] spam on list

[Gianluca Sforna]

On 4/17/07, Benoit Sigoure <tsuna at lrde.epita.fr> wrote:
> 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).
>

Oh well... Of course, if there are volunteers to do this job, it gets
a +1 from me