X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org C7CBD383B824 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1628681859; bh=44w3y4goEgVr9owAyGDJ23PkMs4w/XFs8aOsuSUQ4Lc=; h=To:References:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=LLzZzBrrPjB9p0NbRrBEwF5+PRKJOdV7SbMS8ujsCHbea3YA3OQAKfNoGCzoUA+jp 3ER1VF8jgcA/dFQkVFef1kFEAOLG/Mh3gQ0hzM/LpWtPsBk2eGKX9VUC3a/XNDPD9x D6EpbbFqLKolDp9rUm54FcVVRhXFg30NFe0WO+UE= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 7E026384C001 X-Xfinity-VAAS: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrkedugdegtdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucevohhmtggrshhtqdftvghsihdpqfgfvfdppffquffrtefokffrnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecunecujfgurheprhfvfhfhohfukffffgggjggtsehmtderredtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpedfuehrihgrnhcuufdrucghihhlshhonhdfuceofihilhhsohhnleeisegtohhmtggrshhtrdhnvghtqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeeivefffeehhedugeevtdelgeejheejjeefffekjefgudetlefhgeeghedtteegleenucfkphepvdegrdduvdehrddvtdehrddutddvnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddtrddugegnpdhinhgvthepvdegrdduvdehrddvtdehrddutddvpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepfihilhhsohhnleeisegtohhmtggrshhtrdhnvghtpdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnsegthihgfihinhdrtghomh X-Xfinity-VMeta: sc=0.00;st=legit To: cygwin References: Organization: M.Y.O.B. Subject: Re: META: Fix the signup procedure? Message-ID: <7712357f-78df-e8fb-75e3-5dc4f1f3824e@comcast.net> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:36:24 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------614A98E0FA4974D943529606" Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, NICE_REPLY_A, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: "Brian S. Wilson via Cygwin" Reply-To: wilson AT ds DOT net Cc: "Brian S. Wilson" Errors-To: cygwin-bounces+archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com Sender: "Cygwin" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------614A98E0FA4974D943529606 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Can one of you powerful folks, please, fix the signup approvals and mak= e it > a bit more difficult to signup and account that is "allowed" to post on= > this list? > > Generally, it's at least an email verification loop. But, maybe it's ti= me > to induce an "age" as well? As a long time user I would oppose an "age" related test to invalidate=20 emails.=C2=A0 Long time users are less likely to be spammers than new ema= il=20 sign ups.=C2=A0 That said, it does seem that we are getting quite a bit o= f=20 spam from the Cygwin email list and it would be nice if something along=20 the lines of email verification could be done to prevent this. > That said, I will concede that it unfairly > targets those folks who need legitimate help, for a current or new prob= lem > that may have escaped regression checks, or general tool obscurity. > > Regards, > Russell VT > grey beard > --------------614A98E0FA4974D943529606 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="wilson96.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="wilson96.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:4.0 EMAIL;PREF=3D1:wilson AT ds DOT net EMAIL:wilson96 AT xfinity DOT com FN:Brian Wilson ORG:The Home Depot;Dev. Tools TITLE:Senior Systems Engineer N:Wilson;Brian;;; ADR:;;2250 Newmarket Pkwy SE;Marietta;GA;30067;United States of America TEL;TYPE=3Dhome;VALUE=3DTEXT:+1 (678) 376-9258 TEL;TYPE=3Dcell;VALUE=3DTEXT:+1 (678) 232-9357 URL;VALUE=3DURL:https://homedepot.com UID:6d506c0e-6284-4e39-9c45-df7a649c804c END:VCARD --------------614A98E0FA4974D943529606 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple --------------614A98E0FA4974D943529606--