Re: OT: mailing list delays

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 12:40, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > >
> > > Postings by those note on the lists (ie. reading through newsgroups) get
> > > put into a queue to be moderated ... today, I went through ~400 messages,
> > > of which <100 were legit (non spam) postings ... when I came in on Monday,
> > > there were >1000 messages to weed through ...
> > >
> > > I try to go through it daily during the week, but there are days where it
> > > just isn't possible, so it gets delayed a day or three ...
> > >
> >
> > wow, are you rejecting mail from people not subscribed to the list? If
> > those spam messages are coming from subscribed emails, perhaps you can
> > unsubscribe (or ban?) them from the list when they send spam. Over time
> > it should curb your workload.
>
> I assume the spam is coming from non-subscribers.  That's how they get
> into that queue.

correct ...