Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:42:00 -0700 | From | Andy Isaacson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH take #2] MAINTAINTERS: use our mail list as Blackfin arch maintainters. |
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 10:09:43AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > As Mike said, "it is moderated which means you do not need to subscribe, > > > we will > > > forward any relevant messages" > > > > And as I said, "does your list generate a complaint message back to > > the sender?" It's the moderation message that's the problem. > > It doesn't send a complaint, it sends a useful note that your message is > pending moderation.
It's another waste of space in my inbox due to poorly-implemented software.
If their mailman installation uses a whitelist, so I get *one* message per list rather than a bounce for every message I send, then that's somewhat acceptable. If I get mailbombed just for participating in a thread on lkml, that's definitely not acceptable (and I will remove such lists from the Cc).
It would be vastly better if mailman were smart enough to autoapprove threaded replies -- it's not as if the spammers are any more likely to forge In-Reply-To: than From: (which they already do). Or even to not waste my time by sending a "held for moderation" message until it's processed by the listowner.
> The rest appears to be your personal issue Matt, perhaps caused by not > setting up smart enough mail filters ?
Not sure what ad hominem attacks have to do with this situation. It's not as if I can reasonably /dev/null all mailman gunk; if there's a real exception condition, I want to see it.
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