[Sussex] SPAM

[Gareth Ablett]

> Gareth, the mails I have been getting generally coincide with the ones
that
> I have been discarding as admin requests.  I am fairly certain that
this
> stuff is coming as a result of the publication of e-mail addresses on
the
> list page, it is the only place where my e-mail addresses are
(usually)
> published freely.

I relies that we can stop most if not all messages that come in vier
mailman
As spammers don't tend to signup to the list.

> I don't mind dealing with spam sent to the list, but I would rather
list
> members didn't also have to suffer spam as well.

Dite

> As far as I see it, the arguments for making the archives private are:
>
> * Help prevent spam.
> * Allows a level of privacy for people to comment without feeling they
will be published.

Just after checking the archives they don't actually store and email
address 
of who sent them unless it was held in any of the senders email (ie. Web

address or email address in the signature.) 

> The arguments against:
>
> *It means non-members cannot easily see what happens on the list
without
joining.
> *Our words of wisdom cannot benefit people doing google searches
(equally
> you could say we weren't polluting  google results ;) ).
> *The idea of that sort of privacy is anti to the hackers ideological
> make-up.  RMS, GLS and ESR would not approve :)

Google being one of the reason why we are getting new members it would
be 
best to leave the archive public. Anyway there is enough pollution in
Google
 I'm sure they don't mind a bit more they seem to pride them selves on
the amount of links they found for your request.

eg.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sussex+lug&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta
=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

2,430 items found for the text Sussex Lug (uk only) and I'm sure a lot
of them have nothing to do with us.

Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

ITP Services Ltd.
http://www.itpserve.co.uk/

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