> As a quick update, we've implemented some list settings last week to help to > keep spam off the list. New subscribers are moderated until we're > comfortable > with their posts. We rejected the idea of keyword based message filtering > since not only is a lot of work to maintain, it's trivial to get around it if > you really want to post banned words. > > Comments and suggestions are welcome. > > > Matt Griswold, on behalf of the NANOG Communications Committee >
I dislike this change - how long are subscribers considered "new"? I believe (and I hope I'm wrong) that with this new rule the nanog maiing list will turn into another fulldisc (list activity greatly reduced) by this change. Before this change I had thought of nanog as the new fulldisc - I guess I will have to find yet ANOTHER mailing list for continued activity. And just for reference - have you guys SEEN the "Linux Kernel Mailing List"? - it gets frequent spam posts and yet is perfectly able to ignore the spam/irrelevant posts and continue on its remit.
