1 # Operating our services
3 ## Mailing list moderation
5 Our [mailing lists] experience the same barrage of spam mails than any
6 other email address. We do have a spam filter in front of it, and
7 since the lists require registration, spam ends up in the moderation
8 queue. But not only spam ends up there, sometimes users send inquiries
9 without registering first. It's a custom of the project to let these
10 through, so that such emails can be discussed. This requires manual
13 This section describes the tasks related to mailing list management.
17 To participate in mailing list moderation, you need to become a list
18 moderator or owner. This is up for the existing owners to handle and
19 if you want to contribute in that area, it might be best to bring it
20 up at the leadership meeting.
22 After gaining leadership approval, list admins can add you to the
23 appropriate group in the [mailing list backend] by selecting the list,
24 then User / group-name, and add your email address there.
28 Most of our lists are auto-subscribing, so users can register
29 themselves and finish the process by responding to the double-opt-in
30 email. Some lists are manually managed though. The [mailing list
31 backend] shows the number of open subscription requests for these
32 lists on the mailing list's main page.
34 It also provides a list of held messages, where they can be accepted,
35 rejected or dropped. Spam should be dropped, that's clear. Emails with
36 huge attachments (e.g. screenshots) should be rejected, which gives
37 you an opportunity to explain the reason (in case of large
38 attachments, something like "Please re-send without attachments, offer
39 the files through some other mechanism please: Our emails are
40 distributed to hundreds of readers, and sending the files to everybody
41 is inconsiderate of traffic and storage constraints.")
43 Legit emails (often simple requests of the form "is this or that
44 supported") can be accepted, which means they'll be sent out.
46 If you notice recurring spam sources (e.g. marketers) you can put them
47 on the [global ban list] to filter them out across all lists. It takes
48 entries in regular expression format.
50 [mailing lists]: https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/
51 [mailing list backend]: https://mail.coreboot.org/postorius/
52 [global ban list]: https://mail.coreboot.org/postorius/bans/