Re: Utf8 issue

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 07/02/14 23:22, Andrew DeMaria wrote:
>> Sorry if this ends up being a duplicate post, but it seems that my
>> first message didn't go through:
> […]
>
> The reason neither of your messages were posted at first, and then
> suddenly both appeared together, is that they were your first.
>
> Anyone's first message(s) has to be approved by a list moderator in
> order to appear on the list. If the message is legitimate (i.e. not
> spam), the same moderator will, at the same time, whitelist the
> message's author so that in the future (s)he's exempt from moderation.
>
> OTOH, if a moderator sees a spam message in the "pending" queue, not
> only will he block the message from being posted, he will also block
> its author from posting any further messages in the list — ever.
>
> This delay is unfortunate, but it is all that has been found to avoid
> having the list swamped by spam messages: when these lists were first
> established, they were open to posting by any member, and, after a
> month or two, spammers found about them and launched an avalanche of
> spam. Countermeasures were necessary, and this is what was found.
> Since then, spam has abated, but if "ordinary" list members hardly see
> any list spam nowadays, it doesn't mean that all spammers have
> migrated to greener pastures, but that whatever they still try to post
> gets blocked by the moderators.
For which effort I'm thankful!
Chip Campbell

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