Nigel Metheringham wrote: > I am proposing to change the list moderation handling - of course the > people this *won't* affect are those here, since a list subscriber > will not normally get their messages moderated. > > Currently each message that gets put in the moderation queue by > mailman generates a moderation message to the moderators (thats > basically just me at the moment). That means I get a personal copy > of each spam that hits the list - not a small number of messages per > day. It also means that, during my online hours (basically UK > working hours) I tend to respond fairly quickly to legitimate > messages that get moderated (very few per day). > > I am intending to change this so that I no longer get immediate > moderation notification, or immediate notification of membership > status changes (mostly due to bounces). Instead I will purely work > on the daily status reports (I may change these to twice per day). > > At present the majority of my incoming spam load (that avoids the > basic filters) is stuff from mailing list moderations. This is > taking up my time and probably meaning I miss some stuff in the mess. > > However the downside of this change is that it may take longer for > non-subscriber messages to get through to the list. > > I am not at present planning to move to the far more drastic method > of just bouncing mail from non-subscribers - which would break our > long standing policy of being open to non-member queries. > > Comments (to the list) welcome. > > Nigel.
Now and then I get the wrong outbound selected in my MUA and get one of these bounces - hasten to the web-page and 'cancel', then repost with the subscribed address. I, too have been a moderator-slave. Given the neatness of that method, the fact that the 'arrivee' *has* an email account, the ease and low-cost (!) of subscribing, availability of online archives which can easily be searched, I would suggest a few things that could perhaps reduce the drudge work further: 1) Add a greatly enhanced 'where and how to subscribe' to both the non-member bounce and the web-page it takes one to. Two jobs, one-time each. 2) Couple that with a caveat/incentive ' ...messages from non-members are ordinarily reviewed within [ 48 | 72 | ? ] hours...' IOW - sugest that it may be faster to subscribe than wait, and make it so. Those who begrudge the traffic can as easily 'unsubscribe' later... 3) Recruit a few helper-moderators, preferably in different time-zones [1]. Same notices propagate to each, first one who notices, actions. Only the obviously 'controversial' ones need delayed or discussed. Very few, I would surmise. Meanwhile - thanks for all the work you put into providing a very valuable resource! Best, Bill [1] Hong Kong/Asia October-May - US/Europe June-September for me. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
