On 11/29/2010 10:45 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 07:49 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote: >> On 11/29/2010 06:29 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 02:12 -0800, Globe Trotter wrote: >>>> http://la-felce.it/index808.php >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Isn't it time to ban this idiot? >>> >>> poc >>> >> The problem here is that the user's yahoo password has been hacked. I >> have seen this exact same thing with other yahoo, gmail and aol >> addresses. The user needs to change his/her yahoo password to clear >> this up. > If the user is a genuine member of the list, by now they should have > noticed the crap being sent in their name and done something about it. > > If they aren't, why do we care about banning them? > > Even if they are genuine and for some reason haven't noticed the > problem, banning them only means they'll get a reject from Mailman, > whereupon they have the opportunity of appealing to the list admin. We shouldn't. The user should be unsubscribed from the list, certainly, removing any user who violates list policy either knowingly or unknowingly should be removed. Banning a person from the list would require listadmin approval to rejoin. It just requires more work for the listadmin. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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