Re: Let's shut down

[Ken Raeburn <raeburn@raeburn.org>]

On Dec 12, 2005, at 04:10, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> The sort of process I envisage would work something like this:
> (i) Mail arriving at the list goes through the (presumably already
> installed) automatic filter (Spamassassin?).
> (ii) Of what's left, anything from a known serious poster passes  
> through.
> (iii) Anything which is a response to an existing article passes  
> through.
> (iv) The rest stays in limbo for up to 24 hours; during that time, a
> moderator may accept it or reject it;
> (v) After 24 hours (moderator on holiday?) articles will get passed
> through to the list.

Is it common these days to forge approval lines in moderated groups?   
Perhaps spam articles should be actively cancelled on the nntp side,  
or posted to the nocem group, or whatever it is that's usually done  
these days, in addition to simply not letting them through the mail  
filter....

Ken