[Matplotlib-devel] list moderation

[Thomas Caswell]

We should try to be an open and welcoming community.  Getting bounced from
the mailing list is not the best first impression to a new user looking for
help!

Tom

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 12:49 PM OceanWolf <juichenieder-nabb at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> Why not c) just discard all emails rejected with a message back to the
> user as to the explanation.  Up to the user to correct the problem and try
> again.  If they weren't a member, then become a member.  If you spam with
> large graphics, then upload it somewhere else and insert a link instead.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Thomas Caswell <tcaswell at gmail.com>
> *To:* matplotlib development list <matplotlib-devel at python.org>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 5 August 2017, 18:41
> *Subject:* [Matplotlib-devel] list moderation
>
> Folks,
>
> We have a pretty high false-positive rate in the python.org mailing list
> moderation queues (mostly due to the 'must be a member to post' policy).  I
> just cleared them from May - now (which is why there is a huge spike in
> emails just now >:) )
>
> Do we want to:
>  a) relax that (at the cost of getting a bit more spam)
>  b) some more people volunteer to help moderate the list
>
> Tom
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