Usman S. Ansari wrote:
Perhaps a better solution would be to
1. Posting only from members of the list.
I don't understand why so many Linux mailing lists are open to the public. It's just a
magnet for spammers.
I maintain a mailing list (on Yahoo Groups, ironically) for OS/2 driver developers.
Whenever someone wants to join the mailing list, they are required to first prove to me
that they are an OS/2 developer. This eliminates all the spammers (all of which come from
India, by they way).
Obviously, my mailing list is nowhere near as popular as this one, so a manual process is
too cumbersome. What I suggest is that anyone who wants to join this mailing list should
be emailed a link to a web site. When they visit the site, they are asked a simple
question about programming that only a programmer would know. If they can't answer that
question correctly, then they have no business on this list. After all, you should
already be a programmer to some degree before you attempt to tackle the kernel. Voila,
problem solved!
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