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To: "Marco d'Itri" <md@linux.it>
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>>>>> "Marco" == Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> writes:

 >> [copied to Marco in case he wishes to clarify matters]
 Marco> (I'm the linux.* gateway operator.)

 Marco> I'm not sure if there is a consensus about binaries in linux.*
 Marco> groups which do not match *.binar*. OTOH last year I added
 Marco> linux.* to the default cleanfeed configuration linux.* in the
 Marco> list of groups where binaries are permitted and nobody ever
 Marco> complained.

did they notice, though?

(I'd suggest linux.binaries.*, if not for the fact that people would
probably start posting distribution CDs and apps there.)

 Marco> If you want to be sure that the hierarchy is not hijacked by
 Marco> warez kiddies you can just cancel everything not posted from
 Marco> /\.bofh\.it$/.

you could have put that in cleanfeed too :-)

Cancelling after-the-fact is always only going to be second best, and
the only reason I do it at all is because the alternative is to do
nothing and watch the problem get worse.

-- 
Andrew.
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