Re: Ada France - stop spamming the newsgroup

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

Dale Stanbrough <MrNoSpam@bigpoop.net.au> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> > Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> writes:
> 
> > As one of those 50 people, I support Sam. Larry, cool down a bit. The
> > spam has only recently gotten to be an annoyance. It is not anywhere
> > near "bad".
> 
> For a given definition of "bad" I suppose. I don't like the volume
> that i've been seeing, 

There are _lots_ of posts on comp.lang.ada that I "don't like"; spam
is a small subset of that :). That's life in a public forum.

> especially as we shouldn't have to have -any- via a poorly
> maintained system.

I don't see any evidence of "poor maintenance". I see some lack of
foresight in the design of the Mailman newsgroup/mailing list gateway.
But at the time Mailman was designed, spam was not an issue, so that's
understandable.

> > Give them a chance to fix the problem.
> 
> How much time do they need?

As I see it, they've only been trying for about a week. I would easily
give them a couple months.

> > This entire system is supported by volunteers; you can't treat
> > them like a support contract company!
> 
> I see lots of drivers on the road who are not being paid to drive,
> but I still expect them to obey the road rules and drive safely.

Well, I guess that is a good analogy. But when a new road opens up
(spam starts happening), you give people a while to adjust their
commuting habits, and expect traffic jams for a while.

It's not like the spam is causing lost real messages, or damaging
anything (road accidents)!

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-- Stephe