RE: [Caml-list] posting policy

["Jon Harrop" <jon@ffconsultancy.com>]

I just noticed the caml-list's own archive stopped at the end of last year:

http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-list/index.en.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Harrop [mailto:jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com]
> Sent: 17 April 2011 20:41
> To: 'caml-list'
> Subject: RE: [Caml-list] posting policy
> 
> Thank you. For anyone who is interested, it is worth noting that this
sympa-
> roc.inria.fr site also has a nice archive of the caml-list that goes all
the way back
> to Claude Fleurey's e-mail about Caml on AIX from 30th September 1992!
> 
> I've also noticed that Google Groups is no longer archiving fa.caml... :-(
> 
> Cheers,
> Jon.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Xavier Leroy [mailto:Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr]
> > Sent: 17 April 2011 17:35
> > To: caml-list
> > Subject: [Caml-list] posting policy
> >
> > Dear caml-list subscribers,
> >
> > As you probably noticed, spam has been on the rise on the caml-list
> > since
> it was
> > moved to INRIA's heavy-duty Sympa list server.  The reason is that we
> > lost
> one
> > level of spam filtering during the move, and my Sympa administrator
> informed
> > me that there is nothing that can be done about it except restrincting
> > who
> can
> > post to the list.
> >
> > Based on the results of a quick poll at the OCaml meeting last Friday,
> > the
> caml-
> > list is therefore now in "subscribers or confirmation" mode, meaning
that:
> >
> > - if you post from an e-mail address that is subscribed to the list,
> >   the post goes through;
> > - otherwise, the poster receives an e-mail with a confirmation link
> >   that needs to be visited before the post goes through.
> >
> > Of course, to avoid the inconvenience of confirming posts, you can
> > change
> your
> > subscription so that it reflects the address you post from, and/or
> subscribe
> > multiple e-mail addresses to the list and arrange so that only one
> receives
> > messages.  All this can be done from the Web interface:
> >   https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > - Xavier Leroy
> >
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