[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> * At least in *my* mind, "mailing list manager" does not mean "mailing
> list owner". I just (try to) implement, within the bounds of the tech
> available, what Han-wen and Jan think should happen. Thus, when Han-wen
> speaks here, an "owner" is speaking.
I think t
HN=Han-Wen Nienhuys
NB=Nick Busigin
MK=Matthias Kilian
MK> For that worm problem: IMHO, the list owners should ASAP
MK>
MK> a) make the list closed post (only subscribed members may post to the list),
MK> b) if that worms come from a subscribed member, kick that member,
MK> c) reject every mail co
François Pinard writes:
> The current amount of SPAM on the Lilypond list sometimes make me ponder
> with the idea of unsubscribing.
No, please don't! ;-)
Note that the recent mail bombing was the cause of a worm, not spam.
The worm is using user addresses from subscribers; subcriber-only
posts
[Mark Van den Borre]
> [...] making posting members-only isn't really newcomer-friendly. That
> effect is often underestimated!
The current amount of SPAM on the Lilypond list sometimes make me ponder
with the idea of unsubscribing. We have to be friendly to old-timers
too, not only newcomers :-
On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:36:58AM -0500, Nick Busigin wrote:
> > > a) make the list closed post (only subscribed members may post to the list),
> > > b) if that worms come from a subscribed member, kick that member,
> > > c) reject every mail containing attachments other than .ly or .png.
> >
> >
Op zo 29-02-2004, om 15:36 schreef Nick Busigin:
> > > a) make the list closed post (only subscribed members may post to the list),
> > > b) if that worms come from a subscribed member, kick that member,
> > > c) reject every mail containing attachments other than .ly or .png.
> >
> > IMO only op
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:18:51PM +0100, Vally an Leon wrote:
> > > Stop that nonsense!
> >
> > Complaining about every single worm mail that's distributed on the
> > mailing list isn't really helpfull. Indeed, it doubl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:18:51PM +0100, Vally an Leon wrote:
> > Stop that nonsense!
>
> Complaining about every single worm mail that's distributed on the
> mailing list isn't really helpfull. Indeed, it doubles the amount of
> useless mails.
>
> For that worm probl
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:18:51PM +0100, Vally an Leon wrote:
> Stop that nonsense!
Complaining about every single worm mail that's distributed on the
mailing list isn't really helpfull. Indeed, it doubles the amount of
useless mails.
For that worm problem: IMHO, the list owners should ASAP
a)
