Package: www.debian.org
Hi,
See attached patch to make it more obvious that various contact e-mails
are actually mailing lists.
This bug was inspired by following actual situation:
* some spammer sends a mail to a debian list, CCd to a lot of innocent
bystanders
* one of those bystanders finds his e-mail address in the archive and
- reports the message as spam
- writes to debian-www (as per w.do./contact) to have the mail removed
from the archive, not realizing that debian-www@l.d.o is actually a
mailing list
Now, because the original mail is spam, there is a chance that it will
be eventually removed from the archives. The problem is that the new
message is now a legitimate post to debian-www and will not be removed
(as per the disclaimer).
Regards,
Andrei
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Index: contact.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/contact.wml,v retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -r1.45 contact.wml --- contact.wml 3 Feb 2011 21:22:56 -0000 1.45 +++ contact.wml 30 Apr 2011 18:10:47 -0000 @@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ no means inclusive. Please refer to the rest of the web pages for other contact methods.</p> +<p> Please note that most email addresses below represent various open +mailinglists with public archives. Read the +<a href="http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#disclaimer";>disclaimer</a> +before sending any messages. + <p>English language is the common language for communication with Debian developers. We therefore ask that initial enquiries to developers be made in <strong>English</strong>. If this is not possible, go through
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