Re: [ga] Automated Cross Posting Limits

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

On 2001-07-09 23:25:58 +1000, Patrick Corliss wrote:

>However, I don't agree that the poster should just be sent a 
>warning as some members of the list may simply ignore the warning 
>and continue to post excessively.  I therefore propose that:

>The mailing list server software be configured for each of the 
>various [ga] lists to reject any post from the same sender over 5 
>within a 24 hour period.  Any rejected post should be returned to 
>the sender with a notice explaining why the post was rejected.

>If this suggestion can be supported, I am sure that much of the 
>present debate over the rules and list monitoring would be quickly 
>eliminated.

Send code.  What you describe is not a standard feature of 
majordomo, thus it's more than just reconfiguring the list server.

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Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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