Real problem with debian user is NOT spam, but that posts don' t get posted.
Real problem with debian user is not spam, but that posts don' t get
posted.
Every since around late June 2007, posts don't make it to
debian user list. It used to work.
I've tried 5 email accounts and over 15 posts and I've only found
one way to post a question, an answer or reply to debian user list.
Even posts from my email account at a reputable, large ISP that I pay
$30 a month for won't post.
And it took me 2 months to find a very complicated and unusual
way to post here. So I've found a way to post but there are probably
thousands of people who can't post to debian user at all.
My posts were about mouse not working after etch upgrade and
other upgrade problems, so why flag is as spam??
Asking to let the post through by emailing to list master doesn't
work
either!
The spam filter is set way, way too high.
The funny thing is that people are not aware since
the people who can't post, can't complain about it
on the list. You guys need to be aware of this posting
problem.
I finally gave up and went to ubuntu forums to post and get help.
If posts don't get through, and my upgrade to etch caused
things to be broken for 2 or 3 months is just unacceptable
if there is no help to get things fixed.
Probably the only way to fix this is the way ubuntu forums work
in that spam posts can be deleted from the forum by flagging.
Unfortunately, most of the debian experts seem to read
this email list and not the web based forums for debian that I have
found.
In general, I'm thankful for the volunteers who run the list,
but if you can't post, it's worthless and we should kill this list.
By the way, if you want to get rid of spam, read the debian
user email list with gmail
and all the spam goes to a junk folder.
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