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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 3, 2024, 17:33 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbk8xsba8.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <339f17e1-c6a0-4859-aa5b-481dd6e0e91b@app.fastmail.com>

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <code@khaugsbakk.name> writes:

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> Hello
>
> 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.
>
> † 1: from https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/issues/1828
>
> —
>
> According to https://git-scm.com/community
>
>> There is also [Git user mailing
>> list](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/git-users) on
>> Google Groups which is a nice place for beginners to ask about
>> anything.
>
> 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 am not a member of that list so I cannot do this, but somebody who is a member should be able to visit

    https://groups.google.com/g/git-users/about

to find out who the owners are and how many members there are. I expect the UI redacts the e-mail addresses of them, but there should be a "Contact owners and managers" link, from which you can contact them, to let them know about the situation.

What they could do after getting notified is not clear to me, though. Volunteer themselves, or gather volunteer groups among the members to moderate the traffic, if they want to run it in a useful form, in ongoing basis might be too much, but at least they can flip the "Anyone on the web can join group" bit a bit tighter, perhaps, and then eject spammy group members as a one-time clean-up?