Re: Spam on list?

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Monday 05 February 2007 12:52, Martin Schröder wrote:
> > 05 Feb 2007 11:32:25 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>:
> > > Please don't do that. It means nothing can be cross posted
> > > from l-k anymore, which would be pretty bad.
> > Then set up a list admin who can approve such postings.
> That adds unacceptable latency. Also lists who spam senders
> with bounce messages tend to be dropped quickly from cc lists.
>
> Also you couldn't list xfs@ as bug report address anymore because
> bug report addresses must be available to everyone.
>
> In general it's a bad idea.
>
> -Andi
Well, I agree w/ those arguments too, Andi.

I honestly don't know why oss seems to have so much more spam than, say, 
LKML.  It is getting to a really bad level, and I sympathize with those 
whose inboxes are bombarded, too.
-Eric