here is a thought... can you make the list moderated for anyone thats not a listed mirror admin contact (and centos team ofc) so that this junk gets filtered? its my understanding that this list is only for mirror admins and prospective mirror admins, i wonder how many people have possibly also subscribed to this list thinking they get some "insider information" about mirrors or centos releases? Kind regards, Anthony Somerset Somerset Technical Solutions Ltd. www.somersettechsolutions.co.uk Registered in the UK – Company no. 07738444 VAT Registration No: 140 6916 22 T: +44 (0) 33 0088 2751 E: anthony at somersettechsolutions.co.uk PGP: 0x7C892BF5 On 13 Mar 2013, at 01:12, Ralph Angenendt <ralph.angenendt at gmail.com> wrote: > On 08.03.2013 01:16, John R. Dennison wrote: > >> 1) Figure out what is going on with all the subscriptions from people that >> obviously don't want to be here. > > That is the problem. There is nothing strange going on in Mailman land > (as I've stated a few times). > > Someone is using/has been using the mail interface to subscribe mail > addresses to the list (and probably adding their spam to the bottom of > that mail, hoping that mailman will also include the complete > subscription mail when going to step 2). > > Then comes step 2: Mailman asks people if they have subscribed. Ignore > that mail and you won't see another (except you get another mail from > step 1). BUT: You did not want to be on that mailing list. And what is > it about that subscription? > > So you open up your mail client, replying with a harsh mail, saying you > don't want to be on that list, telling people to unsubscribe you. > > By doing so, you leave the subject intact. And hit "Send Mail". Mailman > sees that mail, looks for the magic in there, and it is all there. Et > voilà, you have subscribed yourself. > >> 2) Fix the problem as determined from above. > > This is the problem: That is something unfixable. > >> 1) Announce mass unsubscribe to all members via mass mail. >> >> 2) Unsubscribe everyone. >> >> 3) Let those truly interested in being back here resubscribe themselves. > > Yes, that might be worth a discussion, I don't see any other "escape > mechanism" at the moment. Except list moderation, but I don't see anyone > really having the time for that. > > Ralph > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-mirror mailing list > CentOS-mirror at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-mirror -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-mirror/attachments/20130313/79acea07/attachment-0006.html>