Re: Please stop approving obvious spam...

On 6 September 2010 08:42, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 21:49, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>> On 4 September 2010 19:14, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Whoever approved this was asleep at the switch; and the same for the
>>> spam from the same address a few days ago in pgsql-admin.
>>>
>>> (I assume from the timestamps that it was moderated, and the
>>> source address isn't actually subscribed.)
>>
>> I haven't got access to the list to check the email address, but yes,
>> I'm pretty sure that was moderated.
>
> I just checked the moderation queue of -hackers, which had about 40
> unmoderated messages (all but three was spam). Well over half of these
> were messages that were spam but that looked like responses to proper
> thread (subject line actually active on the lists within the past day
> or two). My guess is somebody got slightly trigger-happy and only
> checked the subject and not the contents. AFAIK, this is a new "type"
> of spam that hasn't shown up before - at least I haven't seen it.

I don't mind taking on more moderation if it becomes necessary.  I
tend to moderate as they come in (when I'm awake obviously).

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