Re: gnu.gdb.bug

Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

I noticed that my message offering to moderate the list appeared in
the archives and then disappeared.  I guess some filter is operating.

Sigh, I'll just wait and see what happens.

Michael C

Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   I noticed that my message offering to moderate the list appeared in
   the archives and then disappeared.  I guess some filter is operating.

It wasn't a filter, the archives are a bit broken.  Check the mbox
file and you will probably see your post.

Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Andrew Cagney]

> Most of the traffic is on gdb@sources.redhat.com.
> 
> Occasionally there is a legitimate message on gnu.gdb.bug,
> but it's about 90% spam these days.

I believe that the FSF (you may wan't to sit down before continuing) 
recently implemented spam filtering on these mailing lists.

Andrew

Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

Felix Lee asks about gnu.gdb.bug:

> yeah, so is there any reason for it to stay around?  how
> about just delete it, or delete mentions of it?

If you look carefully, you will notice that the 'gnu.gdb.bug' newsgroup
and 'bug-gdb' mailing list are administered by one entity, whereas
the gdb bug database and the spam-protected 'gdb' mailing list are
actually hosted on the web servers of a different entity.

There is a nontrivial entity-entity relationship and that probably has
a lot to do with the continued existence of the gnu.gdb.bug.

I have been planning to volunteer to moderate gnu.gdb.bug.  It's a
mailman list, and it's easy to set up mailman lists so that all mail
from people not on a whitelist must be approved before distribution.
That kills the spam dead, at the cost of some latency before posts go out.

Michael C

Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Felix Lee]

Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>:
> Occasionally there is a legitimate message on gnu.gdb.bug,
> but it's about 90% spam these days.

yeah, so is there any reason for it to stay around?  how
about just delete it, or delete mentions of it?
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Re: gnu.gdb.bug

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

Most of the traffic is on gdb@sources.redhat.com.

Occasionally there is a legitimate message on gnu.gdb.bug,
but it's about 90% spam these days.

Michael C

gnu.gdb.bug

[Felix Lee]

so is the newsgroup alive?  it's mentioned on

   http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/mailing-lists/

but it seems to be entirely spam or harassment, and the
contents at Google and at the mail.gnu.org archive don't
seem to match.
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