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[Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:04:34PM +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>> To avoid Launchpad list slowness, we would run the new openstack-dev
>> list off lists.openstack.org. Given the potential hassle of dealing with
>> spam and delivery issues on mission-critical MLs, we are looking into
>> the possibility of outsourcing the maintenance of lists.openstack.org to
>> a group with established expertise running mailman instances. Please let
>> us know ASAP if you could offer such services. We are not married to
>> mailman either -- if an alternative service offers good performance and
>> better integration (like OpenID-based subscription to integrate with our
>> SSO), we would definitely consider it.
>
> FYI for libvirt mailing lists we are using the GNU project's spam
> filter:
>
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/ListHelperAntiSpam

I think the procedure documented there works fine for gnu projects,
but that something special has to be done for projects hosted elsewhere.
I'll check and get back to you.

> Thanks to this we get essentially zero spam on our mailing lists,
> with practically no burden on / work required by our list admins.
> Jim Meyering (CC'd) set it up for us originally & may have some
> recommendations or tips if OpenStack want to make use of it too.