[pvrusb2] This mailing list and gmane

[Mike Isely]

This pvrusb2 mailing list has been subscribed to the gmane mail-to-news 
gateway.  What this means is that posts here are going to show up in a 
newsgroup and that gmane is going to relay messages from the newsgroup 
back into the mailing list.

I'm not sure this is a good idea.

My main concern is spam.  Right now the pvrusb2 list _only_ allows posts 
from confirmed subscribers.  I set it up this way to keep the list from 
being spammed.  But now we have an external entity acting as a proxy for 
submitting messages.  Anyone posting on the newsgroup can find his/her 
message appearing here.  So now the "confirmed subscriber" safety valve 
has been violated.  This worries me that it might be opening up the list 
to receiving of spam.  The message I received detailing this also points 
out that the gateway can be made to be 1-way, i.e. posts not forwarded.  
That would solve the spam risk, but then I don't intend on monitoring that 
newsgroup and so people who post there are going to go unanswered.

Does anyone have any opinion about this?  I don't have a lot of personal 
experience with gmane, but if people can convince me that it's OK then I'm 
OK with it too.  If there are people here that object to the gateway (even 
just 1 or 2 people), then I'll sever the connection permanently.

For the moment I've put the gateway's subscriber address on moderation and 
suspended posts to it so the gateway is effectively disabled.

  -Mike

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