Moderate this list? Was: [Zope] Turn $150 into $8400 over and over!

Ricardo L. A. Bánffy rbanffy@utopia.com.br
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:20:31 -0300


How many posts are generated from addresses outside the subscriber list?

Can't we just moderate those? This should only moderately increase moderator
workload :^)

----- Original Message -----
From: <zopestoller@thomas-guettler.de>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: Moderate this list? Was: [Zope] Turn $150 into $8400 over and over!


> Nagy Gabor <linux42@freemail.c3.hu> schrieb am 11.01.2002, 10:33:31:
> > On 02-Jan-10 14:41, Martijn Pieters wrote:
> > > I am a moderator on this list, and Mailman (the mailinglist software)
catches
> > > 90% of all spam sent to this list, as well as virii. I am looking into
> > > methods for further reducing the amount that gets through. Moderating
> > > *every* message on this list is not practical however. I am not going
to
> > > click "approve" 150 times a day.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be OK to allow only subscribed people to post to the list?
> >
>
> I prefere open lists where everybody kann post. Sometimes you just want
> to sent one message to the list, sometimes you post from another
> account.
>
> I have an idea how to stop spammers:
> Only subscribered people can post, if someone who is not on the list
> wants to post he has to include a magic word in the subject. This way
> unsubscribed humans can post and spam robots can't.
>
> I don't know if mailman can do this.
>
>  thomas
>
> (Sorry if the references header of this mail is wrong, I
> have to use a webmailer)
>
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