On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Aahz wrote:

I just processed two weeks of backlog on python-dev (I'm only a backup moderator). Would anyone object to changing the list policy so that non-member posts get discarded instead of held?

Is any of the mail spam? -- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's no place like 127.0.0.1."

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Aahz wrote:

On Thu, May 29, 2008, Benjamin Peterson wrote:

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Is any of the mail spam?

Very yes -- more than half. (What gets through SpamBayes)

In that case, I'm -1. -- Cheers, Benjamin Peterson "There's no place like 127.0.0.1."

"Barry Warsaw" wrote in message news:41278E9C-E27F-464D-BC00-8F7146E4483F@python.org...

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On May 29, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Aahz wrote:

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I just processed two weeks of backlog on python-dev (I'm only a backup moderator). Would anyone object to changing the list policy so that non-member posts get discarded instead of held?

By 'non-member' I hope you mean 'never approved before' as opposed to 'non-subscriber' like me who participates through gmane.

How about we recruit additional moderators? Any volunteers?

Yes

On Thu, May 29, 2008, tjreedy wrote:

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On May 29, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Aahz wrote:

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I just processed two weeks of backlog on python-dev (I'm only a backup moderator). Would anyone object to changing the list policy so that non-member posts get discarded instead of held?

By 'non-member' I hope you mean 'never approved before' as opposed to 'non-subscriber' like me who participates through gmane.

This seems to be a settled issue now, but IMO the proper way to handle your situation is to subscribe from the e-mail address you use as your From: line, setting the subscription to "no mail". -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ Need a book? Use your library!