Dear LUV members and list subscribers: We the LUV committee have recently decided to change slightly the operation of the LUV mailing lists. The policy remains essentially the same: posts are generally accepted only from subscribed addresses. Up until now, posts to the lists from non-members (of the list) went to Lev and Les for moderation. Almost all such posts are spam. However, we had the moderation policy because, once in a while, legitimate members would accidentally post from a different address. The volume of spam we have to discard manually has made that untenable, wasting too much of our time. Under the new setup, now in effect, almost all our lists will automatically discard any posts from non-members. The only exceptions (for now) are luv-ctte (so people not on the committee can contact the committee), and luv-jobs (so outsiders can post job announcements). Both these lists will still allow manual moderation of posts from non-members. Currently, the amount of spam going to these two lists is relatively small. What does this mean for you? For the most part, you shouldn't notice any real difference (except that Lev and Les will seem less stressed by the drudgery of list moderation). If you subscribe to a list, you can post to it. The big change will be when you post to a list from an address different from the one you're subscribed under. Previously, such a post would have been noticed and approved by the list moderators (possibly after some delay). Now such posts will just disappear. So, when posting to LUV lists (except of course for luv-ctte and luv-jobs), take care that you're posting from the email address you're subscribed under. If you post to a list, and don't shortly afterwards see your post appear, then check the address you sent from. You can, as always, find out about our mailing lists from http://luv.asn.au/mailinglists.html. I guess luv-meta would be the best list for questions and discussion about this change. -- Smiles, Les (as LUV Secretary). -- Les Kitchen (LUV) ljk+luv at domain ljk.id.au via fastmail.fm