phi...@apache.org wrote on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:05:57 -0000: > Author: philip > Date: Fri Oct 28 09:05:57 2011 > New Revision: 1190215 > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1190215&view=rev > Log: > * publish/mailing-lists.html (subscribing, unsubscribing): Add spam note. > > Modified: > subversion/site/publish/mailing-lists.html > > Modified: subversion/site/publish/mailing-lists.html > URL: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/mailing-lists.html?rev=1190215&r1=1190214&r2=1190215&view=diff > ============================================================================== > --- subversion/site/publish/mailing-lists.html (original) > +++ subversion/site/publish/mailing-lists.html Fri Oct 28 09:05:57 2011 > @@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ > (where <em>LISTNAME</em> is the name of the list: "dev", "users", > etc.) from the email address you wish to be subscribed.</p> > > +<p>Spam filters don't like messages with empty Subjects; just use > + e.g. subscribe. Spam filters are also more likely to reject > + HTML-formatted messages; please use plain text.</p> > + > </div> <!-- #subscribing --> > > > @@ -352,6 +356,10 @@ > subscribed, and then send email to > > <em>LISTNAME</em>-unsubscribe-<em>some.name=some.domain</em>@subversion.apache.org.</p> > > +<p>Spam filters don't like messages with empty Subjects; just use > + e.g. unsubscribe. Spam filters are also more likely to reject > + HTML-formatted messages; please use plain text.</p> > + > </div> <!-- #unsubscribing -->
Perhaps add this to http://www.apache.org/dev/something.html and just link from here to the generic anti-spam instructions there? (all committers have write access to the site)
