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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
>
> 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.

Bob Proulx (one of the guys behind ListHelper) said no problem.
All he needs is the hostname, i.e., what does/will the X-BeenThere:
mail header be?  Then you follow the instructions listed at the URL
above for each list, and you'll see virtually no spam, and no
inordinate approval delays, either.