Re: mailing lists, spam, and... burn it all down?

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On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 05:18:31PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
> 
> Spurred by a big recent spam attack
> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/10417...
> 
> I think we should:
> 
> 1. For all lists with no legitimate traffic in the past year, deactivate
>    immediately.
> 
> 2. For any list with only light recent traffic, ask if they really need a
>    separate list or if posting on another list like devel (or on Fedora
>    Discussion! ... yes I have an agenda here) would actually be sufficient.
> 
>    If there's no response, deactivate. Or, of course, if the list members
>    say "yeah, we don't need it".
> 
> 3. For any list with _just_ automated traffic (zombie meeting invites,
>    bugzilla mail), ask if anyone is using it and if a list is the best way.
>    (It might be!) But some are probably sitting there really doing nothing
>    except sending automated messages into the void forever.

I think this is a good idea... but I fear it's going to be a LOT of
work. ;( 

kevin

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