Agree with that, the best way is to filter or disregard it. The more people filter it out the less disruptive trolling becomes. Spending any serious time on trolls is like an invitation for them to come back and cause more disruption (if only to distract the admin).

Cheers,

chillfan

On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:10 PM, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2016 07:01:40 +0200
> Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The solution to block off all trolls is easy especially for system
>> administrators. Make posting to the mailing list only accessible to
>> members that are registered in a member list.
>
> Isn't it that way already? What mailing list in its right mind would
> let non-members post to it? That's like hanging out a sign saying
> "Please send me spam!"
>
> If we let any old fool post here, that bit should be flipped so only
> registered list members can post here.
>
>> Needless to state the
>> obvious, control membership. For instance, a member would require
>> sponsorship from existing members or from some other important
>> contributor in the project like jaromil.
>
> I don't think we're that snobbish. Simply requiring would-be posters to
> sign up is sufficient. Another benefit is that it gets rid of those
> truly obnoxious "I'm not on the list so please copy
> lazyfool@???" messages.
>
> If somebody becomes a real problem, the admins can Armstrong him. Sure,
> he can pull a Gregory and come back with another address, at which time
> *that* address can be Armstronged. Very few trolls are so persistent
> that they keep coming back with new addresses, so this won't be much of
> a problem.
>
> And once again, allow me to promote the health benefits of individual
> list recipients killfiling those who annoy them:
>
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/init/killfile.htm
>
> If everyone killfiled those who annoy them, our list admins would have
> little to do.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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