From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Let's shut down bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:48:05 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134508074 30371 80.91.229.2 (13 Dec 2005 21:07:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Richard M. Stallman" , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 13 22:07:50 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from [199.232.75.2] (helo=lists.gnu.org) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmHLw-00023z-WA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:06:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmHMU-0000mt-SQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:07:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmHLz-0000gT-P0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:06:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmHLy-0000fl-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:06:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmHLy-0000fc-A7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:06:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [193.149.49.134] (helo=acm.acm) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmHNs-0002t8-Vn; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:08:30 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by acm.acm (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA00936; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:48:05 GMT X-Sender: root@acm.acm Original-To: Ken Raeburn In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-Broken-Reverse-DNS: no host name found for IP address 199.232.75.2 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:47636 Archived-At: Hi, Ken. On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Ken Raeburn wrote: >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.... I think the spam (on bug-gun-emacs and help-gnu-emacs) is being injected into the system mainly through the mailing list, with only little bit, if any at all, through NNTP - The Message-Ids which don't begin with "Ken -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)