user www.debian.org@packages.debian.org usertags 624698 content owner 624698 david@tilapin.org tags 624698 patch pending thanks Hi, Le 30/04/2011 14:19, Andrei Popescu a écrit : > See attached patch to make it more obvious that various contact e-mails > are actually mailing lists. Thanks for this proposition, and for answering to users. I just edited your patch in order to follow the typography used on this page (“e-mail”, “mailing list”). I hereby request for a review of these four lines on dle before including them. Thanks in advance. Regards David P.-S.: Initial mail for context. > 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
Index: english/contact.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/webwml/webwml/english/contact.wml,v retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -r1.45 contact.wml --- english/contact.wml 3 Feb 2011 21:22:56 -0000 1.45 +++ english/contact.wml 30 Apr 2011 19:17:20 -0000 @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ no means inclusive. Please refer to the rest of the web pages for other contact methods.</p> +<p> +Please note that most e-mail addresses below represent +various open mailing lists with public archives. +Read the <a href="$(HOME)/MailingLists/#disclaimer">\ +disclaimer</a> before sending any messages. +</p> + <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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