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Let's shut down address@hidden
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Let's shut down address@hidden |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:16:25 +0000 (GMT) |
Hi, Emacs!
Let's just shut down address@hidden You think I'm joking?
I actually receive this mailing list via NNTP on gnu.emacs.bug, by the
way. I've just been through this newsgroup clearing out spam, and it is
truly revolting. Since 23rd November, when I last cleared out the group,
I have downloaded 38 decent posts and 302 spams.
In years past, I actually used gnu.emacs.bug a fair amount to report bugs
and submit feature requests. If I were just getting into Emacs now, I
doubt I'd bother, given the state of this newsgroup.
gnu.emacs.bug is supposedly a moderated newsgroup. That so much spam
spews forth from it makes the FSF look like a mass of incompetent idiots.
Sadly, gnu.emacs.help is rapidly going the same way. By way of contrast,
the non-gnu newsgroup comp.emacs is clean indeed - Since 23rd November, I
haven't downloaded any spam at all there, though it does get the odd
slice of it.
In September, I sent an email to address@hidden offering to do manual
moderation of help-gnu-emacs. After all, sifting out ~20 spams per day
is not that onerous a task, and seeing how I'm doing it privately anyhow,
why not let everybody get the benefit? I didn't get a reply.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)