On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 04:29 -0500, Ace... wrote: > perryh wrote: > > > > Perhaps the forum configuration could be adjusted to limit a newly- > > registered poster to one or two posts, the limitation being removed > > by a moderator after observing that the initial post(s) are legitimate. > > > > This would enable a new registrant's initial inquiry to be seen, > > and perhaps responded to, without having to wait for a moderator to > > approve it, while preventing the all-too-common situation in which > > a newly-registered spammer is able to send out a dozen spam posts > > before being banned. > > > This does sound like a good idea. > I think 3 posts would allow: first contact, more detail, results > Some of us use the mail list as our main or only access to Wine users. It was recently explained that the forum feeds posts into the mailing list BEFORE the moderators see them. This is a problem: the spam has already hit the mailing list before a moderator can see or cancel it, so the single thing that would improve our experience is to move that feed to a post-moderation pickup point. Martin
