[RFC] Reduce SPAM posts by making samba-technical members-only to post

John H Terpstra - Samba Team jht at samba.org
Wed May 13 15:55:40 GMT 2009


Gerald Carter wrote:
> John H Terpstra - Samba Team wrote:
> 
>> We do not use auto-reply.  I am NOT in favor of auto 
>> reply.  We must carefully filter all messages that
>> arrive from non-subscribers.  This takes time, but it
>> is the only way to avoid responding to a spammer and
>> also to avoid junking legitimate mail.
> 
> John,
> 
> When any mail is held for moderation, the sender gets a
> notification indicating the reason.  I've just verified this
> for both samba and samba-technical.

You are absolutely correct.  I had forgotten that.

Cheers,
John T.


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