From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M9PJ7-0006v7-RH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 20:01:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF2B6E0591; Wed, 27 May 2009 20:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.3.141]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F05E06F7 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 20:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [62.3.120.141] (helo=NeddySeagoon) by smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M9PJ6-0004JU-5u for gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 27 May 2009 20:01:00 +0000 Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:54 +0100 From: Roy Bamford Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Spam reduction proposal - switching lists to a web-form for subscription To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: In-Reply-To: (from robbat2@gentoo.org on Wed May 27 17:28:05 2009) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.3.28 Message-Id: <1243454459.3480.2@NeddySeagoon> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-Smarthost02-IP: [62.3.120.141] X-Archives-Salt: 3a80f2a0-64c9-4a8c-be52-07b6b8f38aa5 X-Archives-Hash: bdf3cddd3eab3bfd1b1c90de2f3574be -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2009.05.27 17:28, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > Lately we've been seeing a LOT of spam being sent to the mailing list > subscribe mechanism,=20 [snip] > To combat this problem, I'd like us to consider switching the > subscribe > mechanism for the mailing lists to be a web form (protected with > recaptcha). Unsubscribe will continue to be offered as an email=20 > action > for the moment, because it ignores the mail if the address was not > subscribed. >=20 > --=20 > Robin Hugh Johnson > Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy > E-Mail : robbat2@gentoo.org > GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 >=20 Robin, Is this a spam outburst that will blow over ? How will visually imparied users subscribe ? If that is still possible, I'm not against such a move. - --=20 Regards, Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon) a member of gentoo-ops forum-mods treecleaners trustees -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkodm/sACgkQTE4/y7nJvavVsgCgwCDeJBzyKp6ia9/MRusWsYcJ vowAni58ytQAtsbcRTqxrVMrmVeS27bD =3DCVLW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----