[Buildbot-devel] Spam on list

[Charles Lepple]

On 4/27/07, dustin at zmanda.com <dustin at zmanda.com> wrote:
> For the Entertrack list, I turned on holding of posts from
> non-subscribers, as well as auto-expiry.  Now, as admin, I get notices
> of held messages, but if they're from [random string]@[somewhere].jp,
> then I just ignore them and they are automatically discarded.  The list
> subscribers never see anything.
>
> Thoughts on doing the same for this list?

That's basically what we do on the Network UPS Tools lists, and if
someone is a regular poster but still won't subscribe, there's always
the "add to whitelist" checkbox as well.

I realize it's an extra burden on the list moderator, but we
distribute the load over several moderators, and it's not that bad. It
makes it a lot easier to catch up after being away for a few days.

The auto-expiry thing sounds cool, though - I'll have to look into
that next time we get a big wave of spam on the NUT lists.

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- Charles Lepple