Gmane

[Simon Haddon]

These Gmane emails are starting to piss me off.  I have never filtered 
anything from the CLUG list before but I'm about to start.  Why am I 
getting all this crap filing my inbox and could you stop posting replies 
with your reply at the bottom of the text.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 12/05/02, 12:15:03 PM, Rob Weir <rweir at softhome.net> wrote regarding Re: 
Gmane:


> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 06:34:36PM +1000, Karun wrote:
> >
> > "nelson" <nelson at magna.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:IJEDIEEIEHBFADABAOGECECMCEAA.nelson at magna.com.au...
> > > does that mean that after 5 mins mass amounts of email are sent?
> > >
> > > ~-----Original Message-----
> > > ~From: linux-admin at lists.samba.org [mailto:linux-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> > > ~Behalf Of Karun
> > > ~Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:28 PM
> > > ~To: linux at lists.samba.org
> > > ~Subject: Re: Gmane
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > > ~"Kim Holburn" <kim.holburn at anu.edu.au> wrote in message
> > > ~news:5.1.0.14.2.20020511181531.00a6c810 at axiom.anu.edu.au...
> > > ~> Last I looked email addresses were not in the web archives.
> > > ~>
> > > ~> Also does this mean spammers who are not subscribed to this list can
> > get
> > > ~spam onto the list by posting news spam?
> > > ~>
> > > ~> At 05:56 PM 11/05/2002 +1000, Karun wrote:
> > > ~> >Also it is possible to search through the webbased archives and view
> > > ~peoples
> > > ~> >email addresses which spammers can search through
> > > ~> >Karun
> > > ~>
> > > ~> --
> > > ~> Kim Holburn  Network Consultant  P: +61 2 61258620 M: +61 0417820641
> > > ~> Email: kim.holburn at anu.edu.au - PGP Public Key on request
> > > ~>
> > > ~> Life is complex - It has real and imaginary parts.
> > > ~>      Andrea Leistra (rec.arts.sf.written.Robert-jordan)
> > > ~>
> > > ~>
> > > ~>
> > > ~
> > > ~All messages sent to the list via the gmane news server, require an
> > > ~authentication email to be replied to before the message is sent to the
> > > ~list.
> > > ~
> > > ~I have copied details about posting messages using the gmane service
> > below
> > > ~
> > > ~Since Gmane makes it easy to get in touch with a huge number of mailing
> > > ~lists, it could potentially become a spamming gateway. To inhibit that,
> > > ~Gmane requires that users who post through Gmane authorize themselves.
> > > ~Here's how it works.
> > > ~
> > > ~  1.. The first time you post something to a newsgroup, Gmane spools the
> > > ~message and sends you an email asking you to respond.
> > > ~
> > > ~  2.. You press "reply" in your favourite mail reader, and Gmane
> > registers
> > > ~this authorization.
> > > ~
> > > ~  3.. Every five minutes, a Gmane cron job goes through the spool of
> > unsent
> > > ~messages, and sends all messages that has received authorization.
> > > ~
> > > ~  4.. No more than one message is sent per user per five minutes. If you
> > > ~post more than one message per five minutes, the messages are spooled 
and
> > > ~sent out later. No action is required from you.
> > > ~
> > > ~  5.. If you authorize more than one new group per hour, the
> > authorizations
> > > ~are spooled, and handled one per hour. This is to discourage mass
> > > ~authorizations of groups by diligent spammers.
> > > ~Persons who are found to spam, after getting through all these
> > > ~difficulties,
> > > ~will be barred from using the Gmane posting mechanism.
> > > ~People who do not have valid email addresses in their From or Reply-To
> > > ~headers can't use Gmane to post to mailing lists.
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > > ~
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It does not mean after 5 minutes, that mass amounts of emails are sent,
> > simply the email which was waiting to be authorized. Whether or not, non
> > subscribers can post depends on the configuration of the mailing list.
> >
> > Karun
> >

> Owwwwww, these emails burn my eyes!  Please, for the love of all
> things sweet and tasty, trim replies, use a normal bloody quote
> character (>) and wrap at some reasonable value less than 80.

> Please please please please please please please please please!

> -rob