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RE: [Devel] STOP THE SPAMMING!
From: |
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro |
Subject: |
RE: [Devel] STOP THE SPAMMING! |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:50:10 +0000 |
Shouldn't this list be hosted at freedesktop.org? I'm sure they
wouldn't mind...
On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 10:37 +0100, Turner, David wrote:
> Hello,
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden la
> > part de Steven Johnson
> > Envoyé : mercredi 17 novembre 2004 19:03
> > À : address@hidden; address@hidden
> > Objet : [Devel] STOP THE SPAMMING!
> >
> >
> > Dammit, who's in control of this list?
> >
>
> It's me and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The problem comes down to the
> fact that I'm not the admin on the machine that hosts the FreeType server,
> and we cannot easily perform upgrades to the mailing-list system;
>
> The real sysadmin is currently too busy to really take the time to perform
>
> That's why we've decided to move the FreeType services to a User-Mode-Linux
> image.
> That will allow us to get root access on the virtual server, and our host
> sysadmin
> won't have to care much about what we do, except maybe control bandwidth.
>
> The image is getting shape, it's based on Woody for obvious security reasons,
> but the setup is still delicate. Also, I was without an Internet connection
> until
> the end of last week, which explains why this has been put to rest.
>
> And believe me, I receive _far_ more spam than the mailing lists, and I want
> this thing running as soon as possible. We're probably going to migrate only
> the mail/ml services at first, then gradually move the other ones after that.
>
> By the way, I'd welcome any help from someone who would like to be part-time
> sysadmin for the project.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> - David Turner
> - The FreeType Project (www.freetype.org)
>
>
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