[Nmcaver] ATTENTION NM MAILING LIST USERS (Admin message)

[Mike Flannigan]

I won't be helping financially, but I'll help any other way
I can.  I'm a pretty good Perl programmer and can
usually write programs that take care of spam and other
routine things on the computer.  My personal spam filter
is a home grown version in Perl.  These Perl scripts aren't
as good as a person, but sometimes are good enough to
get the job done.  It would probably be very easy to
write a script that only allows long-time list members to
post without moderation needed.

I'm also willing to moderate the posts when needed.  I
work normal business hours and might be able to
moderate from work at times.

I live in Houston, TX.


Mike Flannigan


On Mon, 02 Jul 2007, caver at caver.net wrote:
>Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:01:17 -0400
>From: caver at caver.net
>Subject: [Nmcaver] ATTENTION NM MAILING LIST USERS (Admin message)
>To: nmcaver at caver.net
>Cc: webmaster at caver.net
>        format="flowed"
>
>Greetings,
>    I appreciate everyone subscribing to this list and hope that it
>has served everyone well, as all things go and at some point must end,
>so effective
>9-1-07 this mailing list will be shut down unless some changes happen.
>    There are numerous reasons for this. Basically the list runs
>itself and is not that much of a maintenance nightmare. There are
>times when I have to manually delete hundreds of SPAM emails and there
>has been a significant increase in SPAM in the past few months. So far
>the filters have managed to keep this off the list. Increased
>bandwidth, maintenance, & server costs have all been considered. Also
>I have been saddled with a huge project at my work place that will
>take even more of my time.
>     I maintain this list as well as other lists and my own server
>through a 3rd party hosting company and have seen a 30% increase in
>the yearly fees in the last year. While I always continue to search
>for the best bang for my buck, moving from one hosting company to
>another is always a hassle.
>     If someone else wants to pick up the mailing list and run with it
>so to speak, then I will cooperate and help in any way possible,
>including a transfer of names and email addresses to a mutually chosen
>person who will fill the resulting gap. This is why I wanted to give
>plenty of advance notice so that it doesn't just go away one day.
>     I understand the need for information and would obviously being a
>caver who caves in New Mexico and interested in caves would subscribe
>to the new list.
>      I would also like to personally thank Mark Minton who has served
>as list moderator in the past. Also a special thanks to the cavers of
>New Mexico and others who subscribe to this list and have been
>responsible adults, thus making moderation very easy. That says a
>whole lot....
>
>       While I would consider keeping the list going as I know all of
>you hate changes as much as I do. A couple of things would have to
>happen. I would need at least 2 list moderators to take complete
>control of the list.
>     I hate to ask for funds and will not solicit for them. As always
>donations are accepted and appreciated. Keep in mind that the list is
>an added feature of my hosting service.  Also when accepting funds it
>places me in an awkward position of providing an expected service, for
>this reason they must be represented as donations.
>Again thanks to all of you,
>Bill Bentley