Julian Foad wrote on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:43:52 +0100: > Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > > 2011/10/27 Philip Martin: > > > http://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#unsubscribing > > > > Note that there is a spam filter that rejects empty messages. > > The message should have a title and some short text (just a greeting > > was enough for me). > > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html > > Hi Konstantin. That 'mailinglists' page says the Subject line should > be non-empty; it doesn't say anything about the message body. Are you > sure there's a spam filter that rejects messages with an empty body? >
We run spamassassin in front of ezmlm. It presumably has rules for empty subject and/or body. It also has an often-triggered rule for HTML mail, and a whitelist (negative score) rule for emails to the -unsubscribe@ aliases. > I think we should also: > > * state that after sending a 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' email, the > user will receive and must respond to a confirmation email. > > * Link to the ASF Mailing Lists page you mentioned, where more > detailed information can be found. (Then we perhaps wouldn't have to > spell out the details so much.) > > Sound good? Yes. Should we also add a note about emailing the -owner@ alias in case of trouble? (If you want to edit the www.apache.org web pages, just login at https://cms.apache.org/ or checkout ^/infrastructure/site/trunk/content/dev/)
