On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:35:39 +0100
Robie Basak <robie.basak@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Currently there are 245 emails in the moderation queue for
> ubuntu-devel@ and 12 for ubuntu-release@. Most are spam. I get the
> impression there's been a massive increase in spam hitting the lists
> in recent weeks.
>
> If we shutter the mailing lists and move to Discourse this will be
> moot, but in the meantime, I think we either need to start
> auto-rejecting email from non-subscribers, or we need more human spam
> filters.
>
> Any volunteers?
>
> I asked this on Matrix a while ago[1] and had one volunteer, but I
> don't think that's enough!
>
> If we don't get some volunteers, I'm going to set ubuntu-devel@ email
> to auto-reject for non-subscribers - better that then emails in the
> queue never getting looked at.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robie
>
> [1]
> https://matrix.to/#/!QMtJBibTYYOCvXJEdv:ubuntu.com/$ZnT-ZGUJJU6PX3LAa6CnVbVskth09GYvF3hWoHeqlAs?via=ubuntu.com&via=matrix.org&via=matrix.debian.social
I'm probably the one volunteer you're talking about :) I'd be happy to
help with moderating the mailing list, I'm currently the main moderator
of the Community Council list and have found it to be a pretty easy to
task to take care of regularly.
