On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 11:05:56AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 11:57:30AM -0400, steve wrote: > > can the moderator please remove this idiot from the list?? Ive been > > getting this junk no less than ten times a day for lord knows how long. > [snip] > > (And, in an attempt to head off the inevitable "close the list and only > allow subscribers to post" suggestions, this is something which Debian > policy does not allow for, as it would make it more difficult for new > Debian users to get help with their problems. Aside from the barrier to > access presented by a subscription requirement, it would also mean that > they would be required to submit themselves to the list's message > volume, which is larger than many people like to receive. Although > YMMV, I believe that this is the correct policy, both for Debian and for > help/support lists in general. There are other ways to address spam > beyond simply blindly blocking all non-subscriber messages.) Is there a way to provide feed back to the list server, so the users can report spam - although this would then open to abuse. I suppose some weighting could be done > > -- > News aggregation meets world domination. Can you see the fnews? > http://seethefnews.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- The amount of time between slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is precisely 1 bananosecond.
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