Sept. 10, 2015
4:18 p.m.
Aurelien Bompard writes:
Hmm, do you think so? I would have thought that list settings should take precedence, since they are the most precise. A list could decide to not filter the spam and deal with it in their own manner (holding it instead of discarding it).
That makes sense when list-owner == site-owner. However, a list which is misconfigured or just doesn't care can hurt the reputation of the whole site. Also, there are the emergency cases that Barry mentioned, where you want to flip one switch and turn the lights out for spam.
So maybe there should be "site defaults" which list owners can override, and "site configurations" which are final.
Steve