[VicPiMakers SG] Mailing list maintenance / policy

[Deid Reimer]

I think discard with no indication to the sender is best. 

If you're looking for more work,  you could send them to SpamCop, but then, you're not. 

Deid

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On Aug 7, 2023, 7:15 p.m., at 7:15 p.m., "Mark G." <vpm at palaceofretention.ca> wrote:
>Howdy Folks,
>
>There has been a notable increase in spam postings
>to the steering group list lately.  Technically, posts
>sent by 'non-members to a members-only' list.
>The current default is to Hold these messages and wait
>for moderator (me) approval.
>
>Approval requires me to look at the spam (eww).
>Click open and reply to the attached confirmation message.
>This includes setting the From: address to the moderator's
>address.  Clicking send.  Marking the newly incoming notice
>of confirmation as read.  Deleting both the Holding
>message and the confirmation message.
>
>This is fine (first-world-problems, amirite?), but I would
>like to experiment with an alternative configuration.
>Because I am lazy.
>
>I will try the setting to automatically discard non-member
>posts, with the oversight that the moderator receives a
>copy of the discarded message.
>
>Discard means no notification to the sender and no further
>processing.  This also means that by default, I only need
>to act on a legitimate false positive message.  Spam requires
>no action with this default, whereas it required a set of
>actions with the Hold default.
>
>Other options are Reject, which notifies the sender that
>their message was rejected (via the mail bounce mechanism).
>The Reject option will cause backscatter, so I do not wish
>to try it.  Backscatter is the addition of unwanted or
>unnecessary internet traffic due to some methods of processing
>spam.
>
>So what do you all think of that?
>
>Mark
>
>
>
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