Re: [ICANN-EU] Excessive crosspostings

["Constantine S. Chassapis" <cschassapis@acm.org>]

Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org> wrote:

> For your information: Messages which have overly long header fields
> are routinely blocked by majordomo (sample included).  I'm not going
> to approve such messages for forwarding to the list, as I'm
> considering them excessive crossposting.

I agree.

> Additionally, someone has asked me whether or not it's sensible to
> think about a stricter posting policy, given the rush of
> crosspostings in the recent past.  I think it is.

I agree.

> - Match messages to, say, 10 or 15 addresses in one header, and
>   block them - with the option to approve messages which look
>   legitimate.  This could easily be implemented, and would have few
>   effects on legitimate discussions.  Additionally, I could still
>   approve messages which have just collected an impressive number of
>   CC recipients due to people using group-reply.  I'd suggest we
>   implement this.

I agree.

> - Block messages crossposted to the domain-policy list.  That list
>   has a "restricted posting" policy anyways, so replying to such
>   crosspostings won't make any sense for many of the subscribers to
>   icann-europe.  I'd _strongly_ suggest to implement this measure.

I agree.

Constantine Chassapis