[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [chef] Re: Propo sal: Moving from lists.opscode.com to googlegroups… an y concerns/objections?

[Mike < >]

Deleting _anything_ other than a single message has always been a pain
the butt with Google Groups.
I guess the best way to avoid that is to have preventative measures in place.
Not that I'm promoting other listserves, I honestly hate the Mailman
instances I have to deal with, just be aware of the gotchas involved
before moving the world to Google Groups.

-M Fiedler

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Matt Ray 
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> I have not administered lists hosted by Google, but I assume you can
> delete spam and flag accounts as spammers? How well does that (not)
> work? At my previous gig I opened up forum/email moderation to the
> community and gave several community members this power and it kept
> spam at much lower levels (distributed whack-a-mole).
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Ray
> Senior Technical Evangelist | Opscode Inc.
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Eric G. Wolfe 
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>  wrote:
>> Agree with Bryan on all points.  I wouldn't mind the move to Google groups.
>>  However, I've also noticed that mailing lists moved to Google Groups are
>> more visible/accessible to spammers.
>>
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