Re: [LI] [Administrative] Recent changes in the LI mailing list policy

["Indranil Das Gupta" <indradg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Archan,

Of late you have been one of the voices to stand up against spam and off-topic postings on Linux-India...and thats all
very well. However, did you have to quote the entire mail from Thaths to let us all know that you appreciate the new
changes???  Just how do you suppose this action of your's help our common agenda against spam and irrelevent postings
on the list??? 

FYI, the old-posting guidelines at http://linux-india.org/guidelines.shtml clearly specifies "4.Don't quote long mails
without adding any content."

--Indra.

PS. Folks, I purposely qouted the entire mail, this is not my regular habit. 

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> From: Archan Paul <archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LI] [Administrative] Recent changes in the LI mailing list policy
> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 3:15 PM
> 
> Hi Admin,
>     Changes are Welcome.
> 
> Archan
> archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://bigfoot.com/~archanp
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <liadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:09 AM
> Subject: [LI] [Administrative] Recent changes in the LI mailing list policy
> 
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Concerned with the recent spate in virus infected post, several clueless
> > accusations and random "Make Mahatma The Man of the Billenium" and
> "Greeting
> > Card For You" posts I am steeping in and taking some stern action.
> >
> > Here are the changes I have made the LI mailing list:
> >
> > * The mailing list will now filter posts with *any type* of attachments.
> > Since I am not sure if I set up the rules for this straight a few posts
> > with attachments might get through.
> >
> > * Special filters have been set for HTML, MS-TNEF, vCard atatchments.
> >
> > * Filters are in place to prevent the happy.exe virus scenario.
> >
> > * ONLY PEOPLE SUBSCRIBED TO EITHER linux-india OR linux-india-digest ARE
> > NOW ALLOWED TO POST.
> >
> > The last rule is going to sound pretty draconian.  But I think it will
> solve
> > a few things:
> >
> > (i) I have to deal with over 300 bounced emails every day.  The time I
> spend
> > doing administrative work has increased from a few minutes ever day to
> over
> > 30 minutes per day.  Many of the bounces are easy to deal with.  The most
> > frustrating bounces are the ones where the address that is bouncing does
> not
> > remotely resemble anything subscribed to the lists.  The popularity of the
> > various web based email services has compounded this problem.  I have
> actually
> > seen things like an @yahoo.com email address forwarding its mail to
> > @hotmail.com which in turn forwards it to @cyberspace.org.  Forcing people
> to
> > subscribe the address they use to read email from will mean lesser admin
> work.
> >
> > (ii) Also, keeping a list open for anyone to post is a big spam / security
> > hole.
> >
> > Your Frazzled List Admin
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> > The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available.  Please search
> > the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question
> > to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
> >
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