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SubjectRe: [PATCH take #2] MAINTAINTERS: use our mail list as Blackfin arch maintainters.
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.

-andy
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