Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote in
news:200305210012.02343.brion@pobox.com:
Some of the mailing lists are getting, and their
admins regularly
rejecting, a fair amount of spam.
I'm going to see if I can get SpamAssassin set up to cull some of the
more wretchedly obvious stuff out before it gets to mailman.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)
I am list admin of Wikitech-l and Intlwiki-l.
Since the removal of the @nupedia.com forwards my lits do not recieve a lot
of spam anymore.
Mostly there are to types of postings;
- a list member who has used a emailadres where he is not subcribed whit.
action: approve posting and inform the user that he used the wrong email
adres and add that emailadres to the list of allowed posters.
- a non-list member who wants to ask something.
action: until now I approve it and send the poster a email to inform them
how to subcribe.
Problem; if the do not subcribe the do not recieve a responds. I think
posters only wants to ask something and not understand the idea of a
mailing list.
Is it better to reject the posting and inform them the have to subcribe?
The can see it like a insult if you reject.
The posting can come from a non-wikipedian who only wants to send a email
to "wikipedia".
So far a know only the german and dutch wikipedia has a emailadres where
visitors can send a question to.
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