Re: debian-ctte mailing list and spam
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:12:42 -0400, Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> said:
> Personally, I think we need a better heuristic.
I agree.
> My ideal would be a combination of:
> If the email is signed by some pgp key that we can validate, it's
> OK.
> Otherwise, send the user some token (with polite and informative
> instructions) and if they respond with that token to some control
> address within a week, forward the message to the list.
Personally, I do not like this; especially since these may
mean we are making people (domain experts) who are helping us
resolve problems jump through hoops; my personal practice in this
matters is not to respond to these challenge messages (unless the
challenge message was in response to mail I did not send, where it
depends on the degree of irritation I feel as to whether I respond
or not).
I deal with spam on about a dozen debian mailing lists, and I
see this list as little different. I heartily recommend crm114 to
people who want to eliminate spam from their inboxes.
manoj
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