META: Fix the signup procedure?

Brian S. Wilson wilson96@comcast.net
Wed Aug 11 11:36:24 GMT 2021


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> Can one of you powerful folks, please, fix the signup approvals and make it
> a bit more difficult to signup and account that is "allowed" to post on
> this list?
>
> Generally, it's at least an email verification loop. But, maybe it's time
> to induce an "age" as well?
As a long time user I would oppose an "age" related test to invalidate 
emails.  Long time users are less likely to be spammers than new email 
sign ups.  That said, it does seem that we are getting quite a bit of 
spam from the Cygwin email list and it would be nice if something along 
the lines of email verification could be done to prevent this.
> That said, I will concede that it unfairly
> targets those folks who need legitimate help, for a current or new problem
> that may have escaped regression checks, or general tool obscurity.
>
> Regards,
> Russell VT
> grey beard
>
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