[cvsnt] How to stop spam on the list?

keith d. zimmerman lists at kdz13.net
Fri Aug 22 14:52:24 BST 2003


I too was going to volunteer for this type of thing.

keith d. zimmerman, mcsd 
eagle solutions

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> From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org 
> [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Mitch Davis
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:36 PM
> To: Bo Berglund; Glen Starrett; CVS-NT Mailing list (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [cvsnt] How to stop spam on the list?
> 
> 
> Hi Bo,
> 
> > Tony,
> > is it possible to put a filter on the list processing
> > such that obvious spam is not passed on?
> 
> I run the Linux on SuperH mailing list.
> 
> Anyone who is a list member can post.
> Anyone who is not a member must have their
> article approved by a human, which in
> this case is me.
> 
> 99% of the messages waiting for my approval
> are spam.  It probably involves hand-deleting
> around 10 spams a day, but in manually deleting
> those, I save them from ever appearing in a
> subscriber's mailbox.
> 
> And in times of trouble like this, the list
> can be set so that ALL posts have to be approved,
> list member or not.
> 
> I wonder if Tony's interested in having a
> human vet the list postings.  It wouldn't
> have to be him that does it.  I for one
> would gladly volunteer, and the job could
> be shared to get 24h coverage.
> 
> Mitch.
> 
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