Re: [Tails-project] #16886: Stop spam on our public mailing …

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Autore: Muri Nicanor
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To: tails-project
Oggetto: Re: [Tails-project] #16886: Stop spam on our public mailing lists
Hi,

On 7/29/19 1:59 PM, sajolida wrote:
> Cf. #16886,
>
> We receive a lot of spam on our public mailing lists. It's actually most
> of the traffic these days:
>
> * https://lists.autistici.org/list/tails-ux.html: 95%
> * https://lists.autistici.org/list/tails-dev.html: 70%
>
> I think it's a problem because:
>
> * It might put off contributors
> * It might weaken the trust people will build in our infrastructure
> * It might be a security problem for contributors as it very often
> include phishing attempts
>
> How can we solve that?
>
> One of the solutions I propose on #16886 is to activate moderation on
> all our public mailing lists. I already did this on tails-ux@ and it
> worked: it's been a spam-free zone for 10 days now.
>
> Should we do that for the other mailing lists?
>
> It could then be the responsibility of different core teams to moderate
> different mailing lists:
>
> * tails-dev & tails-testers: Foundations team
> * tails-ux: UX
> * tails-l10n: ???
> * tails-project: Help desk
>
> Foundations team, Help desk: what do you think?


I'm neither, but if it helps: I'm happy to do some moderation. But at
least on tails-l10n I have not seen that much spam- maybe its already
suscriber only?

cheers,
muri


>
> Please answer on tails-project@.
>