Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-02 Thread Rhys Rhaven
On 07/30/2012 09:23 PM, Allen McKinley Kitchen (gmail) wrote: > On Jul 30, 2012, at 15:04, joel jaeggli wrote: > >> On 7/30/12 10:57 AM, Steven Noble wrote: >>> The fix for this issue is trivial. Every new signup ... >> Most of the subscribers to the mailing list never post. >> > +1 (from an invet

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-02 Thread George Herbert
Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding >> recent off-topic posts >> >> On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:25:56 -0400, Robert Drake said: >> >> > Percentages: 5804/54166=1% of posts from low contributors. >>

RE: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-02 Thread Jamie Bowden
- > From: valdis.kletni...@vt.edu [mailto:valdis.kletni...@vt.edu] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:56 PM > To: Robert Drake > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding > recent off-topic posts > > On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 1

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-02 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:25:56 -0400, Robert Drake said: > Percentages: 5804/54166=1% of posts from low contributors. I suspect you fat-fingered something - I get 10.7%, not 1%, for that calculation... pgpGDidhtOsTj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-02 Thread Robert Drake
On 7/30/2012 1:42 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: I'm sorry Panashe is upset by this rule. Interestingly, "Your search - Panashe Flack nanog - did not match any documents." So my guess is that a post from that account has not happened before, meaning the post was moderated yet still made it thr

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-08-01 Thread Scott Noel-Hemming
On 07/30/2012 10:57 AM, Steven Noble wrote: The fix for this issue is trivial. Every new signup should require a sponsor or a deposit of funds into a new member fund. Once a member has made a relevant post regarding a NANOG related item their funds are returned. If someone spams they forfeit t

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-31 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" > Except, of course, it has been called the Communications Committee for > a while now. (The change was made because the committee took > responsibility for more than just the mailing list.) My turn for "silly me". > But 1 change in 7 ye

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Allen McKinley Kitchen (gmail)
On Jul 30, 2012, at 15:04, joel jaeggli wrote: > On 7/30/12 10:57 AM, Steven Noble wrote: >> The fix for this issue is trivial. Every new signup ... > Most of the subscribers to the mailing list never post. > >> +1 (from an inveterate but VERY appreciative lurker) ..Allen

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Mark Gauvin
On list spam has been minimal but off list cold call type emails have been mounting for several months Sent from my iPhone On 2012-07-30, at 5:29 PM, "Brian Dickson" wrote: >> >> As a quick update, we've implemented some list settings last week >> to help >> to >> >> keep spam off the list.

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Brian Dickson
> > 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 tr

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 30, 2012, at 16:35 , Jay Ashworth wrote: >> thanks MLC or whatever it calls itself this week > > C'mon, Randy; It's been called that since it kicked me off 7 years ago. :-) Except, of course, it has been called the Communications Committee for a while now. (The change was made because

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Randy Bush" > thanks MLC or whatever it calls itself this week C'mon, Randy; It's been called that since it kicked me off 7 years ago. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread joel jaeggli
On 7/30/12 10:57 AM, Steven Noble wrote: The fix for this issue is trivial. Every new signup should require a sponsor or a deposit of funds into a new member fund. Once a member has made a relevant post regarding a NANOG related item their funds are returned. If someone spams they forfeit the

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread rgolodner
To: Etaoin Shrdlu Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts Sent: Jul 30, 2012 13:15 > I applaud this change. thanks MLC or whatever it calls itself this week randy Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Randy Bush
> I applaud this change. thanks MLC or whatever it calls itself this week randy

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Steven Noble
The fix for this issue is trivial. Every new signup should require a sponsor or a deposit of funds into a new member fund. Once a member has made a relevant post regarding a NANOG related item their funds are returned. If someone spams they forfeit the money and it is used to help defray the cos

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On 7/30/2012 12:04 PM, Panashe Flack wrote: 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... I dislike this change - how long are subscribers considered "new"? I app

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
I'm sorry Panashe is upset by this rule. Interestingly, "Your search - Panashe Flack nanog - did not match any documents." So my guess is that a post from that account has not happened before, meaning the post was moderated yet still made it through. Has anyone done a data mining experiment t

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:04:36 +0200, Panashe Flack said: > 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. For those

Re: Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-30 Thread Panashe Flack
> 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 trivi

Update from the NANOG Communications Committee regarding recent off-topic posts

2012-07-28 Thread Matt Griswold
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 a