Re: git-users: email list has become spam-drowned

From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix@bswap.ru>
Date: Feb 4, 2024, 08:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20240204081332.aibexlc3bhvn5pmn@carbon>
In-Reply-To: <339f17e1-c6a0-4859-aa5b-481dd6e0e91b@app.fastmail.com>

On Sat, Feb 03, 2024 at 04:02:49PM +0100, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:

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> I know that this list has got nothing to do with git-scm (per se). But I
> was recommended by Dscho to raise the issue here.[1]
> 
> Maybe someone who happens to be affiliated with git-users happens to
> read this.

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> I am not allowed to access it. Just as well because this is apparently
> what it looks like:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/git-users@googlegroups.com/
> 
> The last legitimate thread (except for an email saying “bye, this list
> is too spammy”) was 2023-12-29.

(I was one of the active (answering) folks on that list.)

Unfortunately, the sole owner appears to be AWOL long ago, and honestly I do not think I have ever seen a sole message from them since I have subscribed to that list (back in 2013 or even earlier). The list appears to be shut down by Google - possibly due to the fact I and possibly some other folks dutifully marked each SPAM message as such using the web interface.

I have searched by failed to find any way to contact any kind of "support" to have the list unblocked. Unfortunately, so far it looks like a lost cause to me.

This is sad because the group had tractable traffic - as opposed to, say, [git] tag on StackOverflow which has no SPAM but is literally drowned in silly questions so that its signal-to-noise ratio is too low to get interested to follow. Still, there's a couple of knowledgeable folks following it - namely, Torek and VonC, so you might have luck asking there, when needed.