Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Hi, Dale.
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:58:08PM -0500, Dale wrote:
Indi wrote:
Generally speaking, either messages sent to the list should be instantaneously
available after hitting "send" OR someone is delaying the messages so
they can be confirmed On Topic, or at least not spam?
Crazy thought...
But WHO is going to do that? Since it is rare that this mailing list
sees spam, I don't think it is worth the effort.
I suspect it is rare to see spam precisely because someone (or some two)
is moderating the list. There are all sorts of strategies for doing
this. Perhaps a set of core people get straight through, but unknowns
have to wait in the queue for checking.
That this Sinaporeish man got through is perhaps a simple accident.
The only bad thing is that I don't mark them as spam because I'm
worried some legitimate mail may get marked as spam.
The plus of instant is if someone is needing help fast, you get replies
a lot faster.
I thought you had to be subscribed to the list to send a message?
Who's controlling the subscriptions?
Dale
:-) :-)
I think there is something that filters them because this list gets very
few spam messages. At least I don't see many. As much traffic as this
list gets sometimes, I doubt there is someone(s) doing the filtering
tho. There are times when this list gets pretty busy. Just let portage
bork something and watch it fly. lol Then again, that has been a while
too. ;-)
I think the subscription is basically all automated. Just send a
message, it sends a confirmation and you send it back. Thing is, they
got your IP and all by that time. So, if you send spam, they know who
to block.
I do recall the list getting away messages a good while back. It took a
bit for someone to put the brakes on that too. That's one reason I
don't think anyone is reading then allowing the forwards on this list.
Let's just hope the spam doesn't get worse. Strange that spell check
wants to capitalize spam. o_O I ain't talking about meat. lol
Dale
:-) :-)
