Should this newsgroup be renamed mozilla.spamlovers?
Frédéric Buclin
block spam from Mozilla servers? 90% of emails in this newsgroup is spam.
LpSolit
Mike Beltzner
> I know this has already been discussed, but is there really no way to
> block spam from Mozilla servers? 90% of emails in this newsgroup is spam.
From what we can tell, the spam is coming through the Google Groups gateway :(
cheers,
mike
Chris Ilias
> I know this has already been discussed, but is there really no way to
> block spam from Mozilla servers? 90% of emails in this newsgroup is spam.
A solution is being worked on. See
<http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.tools/browse_frm/thread/a90f358f4d814425/af0e43910e4c3e35>
Nelson Bolyard
I believe a more accurate statement is:
6 weeks ago, a solution was proposed, and someone (a full time Mozilla
employee, IINM) volunteered to work on it.
AFAIK, to date, evidence of work done on it remains to be seen.
Work-around:
All these Mozilla newsgroups are also available as subscription mailing
lists through lists.mozilla.org. Unlike the newsgroups, the mailing lists
are spam filtered and are relatively (but not absolutely) spam free.
Chris Ilias
> On 2010-09-06 12:57 PDT, Chris Ilias wrote:
>> On 10-09-06 1:22 PM, Frédéric Buclin wrote:
>>> I know this has already been discussed, but is there really no way to
>>> block spam from Mozilla servers? 90% of emails in this newsgroup is spam.
>>
>> A solution is being worked on. See
>> <http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.tools/browse_frm/thread/a90f358f4d814425/af0e43910e4c3e35>
>
> I believe a more accurate statement is:
>
> 6 weeks ago, a solution was proposed, and someone (a full time Mozilla
> employee, IINM) volunteered to work on it.
>
> AFAIK, to date, evidence of work done on it remains to be seen.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2010/07/intermittent_gerv.html
:-)
Unfortunately, no-one had time to lead the effort in his absence.
Gervase Markham
> I believe a more accurate statement is:
>
> 6 weeks ago, a solution was proposed, and someone (a full time Mozilla
> employee, IINM) volunteered to work on it.
>
> AFAIK, to date, evidence of work done on it remains to be seen.
Here is the plan:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Discussion_Forums/Proposal
Now I am back from honeymoon, I hope to work with Dave Miller to get it
executed.
Gerv
Jay Garcia
--- Original Message ---
I've known you for a very long time, since you were an intern at NS
*** CONGRATULATIONS ***
How 'bout some photos please?
--
*Jay Garcia - Netscape/Flock Champion*
www.ufaq.org
Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Flock - Thunderbird
Gervase Markham
> I've known you for a very long time, since you were an intern at NS
>
> *** CONGRATULATIONS ***
>
> How 'bout some photos please?
http://www.gervandruthwedding.net/ . But perhaps further congratulations
could be sent by private mail? It's somewhat off-topic for this group.
Thanks :-)
Gerv
Jay Garcia
--- Original Message ---
Somewhat, yes .. but .. you mentioned it first re: "honeymoon" .. :-)
Thanks for the link.
Jean-Marc Desperrier
> Here is the plan:
>
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Discussion_Forums/Proposal
>
> Now I am back from honeymoon, I hope to work with Dave Miller to get it
> executed.
Gerv, is there a bug opened to follow the action on this ?
How can people verify that there's progress on this issue, and rise an
alarm if it stops again ?
Luis Villa
> On 10/09/10 07:42, Nelson Bolyard wrote:
>> I believe a more accurate statement is:
>>
>> 6 weeks ago, a solution was proposed, and someone (a full time Mozilla
>> employee, IINM) volunteered to work on it.
>>
>> AFAIK, to date, evidence of work done on it remains to be seen.
>
> Here is the plan:
>
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Discussion_Forums/Proposal
Gerv-
As you know, I'm having troll trouble on a list. I *think* that this
proposal, as a side-effect, would allow me to deal with that problem by
blacklisting someone, but could you confirm that technically, you think
this would be feasible once this proposal is in place?
Luis
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Gervase Markham
> As you know, I'm having troll trouble on a list. I *think* that this
> proposal, as a side-effect, would allow me to deal with that problem by
> blacklisting someone, but could you confirm that technically, you think
> this would be feasible once this proposal is in place?
That is correct. It would be technically feasible.
Gerv
Gervase Markham
> Gerv, is there a bug opened to follow the action on this ?
There is now:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598060
Gerv
Mike Beltzner
FWIW, I support this plan. I also like the idea of making it easy for
groups to only allow approved posters, if that's what the moderator
wants. I'm considering doing this for dev-apps-firefox as a way of
cutting down on the number of support requests that newsgroup gets.
cheers,
mike
Dan Mosedale
> On 9/20/2010 12:36 PM, Gervase Markham wrote:
> groups to only allow approved posters, if that's what the moderator
> wants. I'm considering doing this for dev-apps-firefox as a way of
> cutting down on the number of support requests that newsgroup gets.
confirm that it is helpful in keeping the list discussion on-topic.
Dan
Gervase Markham
> FWIW, I support this plan. I also like the idea of making it easy for
> groups to only allow approved posters, if that's what the moderator
> wants.
This is indeed a useful feature of the new plan :-)
Gerv