linuxsh-dev

Re: [linuxsh-dev] LinuxSH 2.4.19 and minor cleanups

[<mj...@al...>]

> Btw, is there a reason posts take anywhere between a
> few hours and over a day to show up on the dev and cvs 
> mailing lists?

Yeah, messages don't appear until I approve them.  It's
a compromise between having a delay, and having a constant
stream of spam offering to enlarge your manliness, etc.

There are a bunch of mailman admin options which
control this sort of thing:

 - Must posts be approved by an administrator?
   (Currently "Yes".  I've turned this on so I
   can delete spam).

 - Restrict posting privilege to list members? 
   (Currently "No".  I've turned this off so that
   geniune non-members can post to the list, for
   example, Rekha Deshmukh's post last week).

 - List of members who can post without approval:
   (Currently empty - should I copy in all 140
   linuxsh-dev members?  And then how about keeping
   it up to date?)

Ideally SourceForge would set up mailman so it used
SpamAssassin or similar to kill spam.  Then messages
would be instant, and there'd be little to no spam.

Or another idea is that I turn "tell user when
their msg awaits approval" on, and edit the mail
they're sent to include the list administrator
password; if you post, go and approve your own
posting.

Ideally we could have a solution which required no
intervention on my part.  Hey guys, what do you think
we should do?  Anyone want the job?  I'm very open
to suggestions, and not fussed either way.

Mitch.

Re: [linuxsh-dev] LinuxSH 2.4.19 and minor cleanups

[<mj...@al...>]

>Not everyone, but perhaps people who explicitly requests it.
>I'd venture to guess out of those 140 people, only a dozen
>or so actually post "actively" to the list.

I've added a bunch of regulars which should catch
90% of messages.  I'll send you the list by
private email to see what you think.

>I'd be willing to share the load with you,

Load's not a problem as it's only a few times a week.
It's frequency more than anything.  I'll send you the
password offline.  Any others who want it, please mail
me.

Mitch.

Re: [linuxsh-dev] LinuxSH 2.4.19 and minor cleanups

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* mj...@al... <mj...@al...> on Wed, Oct 23, 2002:

>=20
>  - List of members who can post without approval:
>    (Currently empty - should I copy in all 140
>    linuxsh-dev members?  And then how about keeping
>    it up to date?)
>=20

Not everyone, but perhaps people who explicitly requests it.  I'd venture to
guess out of those 140 people, only a dozen or so actually post "actively"
(strong quotes there :P) to the list.  I'd like to be added at least.  You
can probably go back 6 months to see who the most frequent posters are.

Also, and I don't have mailman in front of me so I forget how it's setup,
but for the linuxsh-cvs list at least you can add *@users.sourceforge.net,
since that's the only place e-mails should come in from.  There shouldn't
be any outside posting to that list anyway, so it should ideally be
configured as read-only.

>=20
> Or another idea is that I turn "tell user when
> their msg awaits approval" on, and edit the mail
> they're sent to include the list administrator
> password; if you post, go and approve your own
> posting.
>=20

I'd think this would be a security risk and could open the list to abuse.

> Ideally we could have a solution which required no
> intervention on my part.  Hey guys, what do you think
> we should do?  Anyone want the job?  I'm very open
> to suggestions, and not fussed either way.
>=20

I'd be willing to share the load with you, and hopefully a couple of others
will volunteer.  Just send me the pertinent details off-list, I'd be happy
to assist.

M. R.