[185581] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: spam smackdown?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Wed Oct 28 15:11:16 2015
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:10:47 -0400
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net> wro=
te:
> 3) Anyone who feels this is so frickin=E2=80=99 bad it is unbearable, and
> knows they could do SO MUCH BETTER themselves, should
> volunteer for the Communications Committee. Otherwise,
> everyone should thank the unpaid volunteers for their gracious
> and excellent work day after day, year after year. Or just STFU.
Yes, yes, the volunteers are all wonderful people and can I get a
hip-hip-hooray. Nevertheless, before I "STFU" I would politely suggest
that volunteering to perform a function for which one is not prepared
to put in the needed effort is generally worse than not volunteering
at all. Volunteering blocks other would-be volunteers for the same
effort. Even if there are no other volunteers, it prevents the
function from being farmed out to a paid service with the appropriate
diligence and expertise.
I would urge the current volunteers to careful consider whether
they're willing and able to put in the exceptional effort and
commitment of time and availability needed to competently operate a
mailing list server on today's Internet. Failing to halt a spam flood
in a timely manner does not exhibit a reasonable level of commitment
to the task.
One simply can't walk away from a mail server for a couple of days any
more. Even volunteer efforts require the kind of monitoring and
on-call rotations we all use in our professional lives.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us
Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
