[Imc-web] Re: [IMC-Tech] Shutting Down Comments or the Site Until New Site is Live

[Wendy Edwards]

No, actually I meant putting the mailing list "imc-web" on 
moderated status - we were getting a lot of spam.

Wendy

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:05:52AM -0500, Mike Lehman wrote:
> Wendy asked a week or so about putting the website on moderated status. 
> I agreed then it might be a good idea. Since then, things have only 
> gotten worse. While correlation is not necessarily cuasation, it should 
> be noted that the problem seems to go worse whenever the 0mostly) 
> Anonymous Vultures of the IMC Network starts circling. I've had my 
> suspicions about such a linkage for a long time, but proof is really 
> largely irrelevant at this point.
> 
> Given that it has become impossible to consistently get access to the 
> site because it is overloaded with incoming spam posts in order to keep 
> the spam cleaned up, I suggest that it is time to turn on moderation 
> until the new site is up. The spam is apparently at the point where it 
> overloads the server's ability to allow access from us to purge it. If 
> we can't simply shut down comments, then I suggest that we put the whole 
> site on moderation. I'm willing to write and post the notice if someone 
> else can take care of the technical end of things.
> Mike Lehman
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