From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: weis Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id SAA24849 for caml-red; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:12:22 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA08343 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:32:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mrwall.kal.com (mrwall.kal.com [194.193.14.236]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.10.0/8.10.0) with SMTP id e5FDW6P07559; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:32:06 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mrwall.kal.com [194.193.14.236] (HELO localhost) by mrwall.kal.com (AltaVista Mail V2.0J/2.0J BL25J listener) id 0000_0045_3948_dafc_db86; Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:32:44 +0100 Received: from somewhere by smtpxd Message-ID: <3145774E67D8D111BE6E00C0DF418B66252AAE@nt.kal.com> From: Dave Berry To: Pierre Weis , garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: RE: Newsgroup for Caml? Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:32:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: weis It is possible to block spam from a newsgroup: - create a "moderated" newsgroup, with an e-mail address for submissions - put a spam filter on the submission address - gateway the submission address directly to the newsgroup (with no manual intervention) I think the comp.lang.dylan/info-dylan newsgroup/mailing list works like this. I know the list is gatewayed to and from the group, and I'm fairly certain it isn't actively moderated. It might be possible to filter out cross-postings as well. Dave. -----Original Message----- From: Pierre Weis [mailto:Pierre.Weis@inria.fr] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:29 PM To: garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: Newsgroup for Caml? > If Pierre is for a newsgroup, it is probably because the flow on the > caml-list is becoming very time-consuming to moderate. So it would > probably be nice to have a non-moderated comp.lang.caml. Absolutely. This way I would not have the burden to answer directly to naive questions, that can be sent to the news group. > Also I'm not sure that people who don't like newsgroups would really > enjoy reading such a non-moderated caml-list, with the flame-wars and > spam one can expect. IMHO, you're absolutely right. > What about keeping a moderated caml-list mainly for announcements, the > newsgroup being there for questions and discussions? Yes, but I would like a slightly more general mailing list, opened to suggestions (libraries and language design improvements). The rest (including comparison between Caml and whatever) being freeely posted to the unmoderated newsgroup. Pierre Weis INRIA, Projet Cristal, Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, http://cristal.inria.fr/~weis/