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# Line 18  for hosting lists.debian.org and dealing Line 18  for hosting lists.debian.org and dealing
18  reporters for so long. After the move of the list service to the new  reporters for so long. After the move of the list service to the new
19  machine, we also decided to move the list archives to that machine  machine, we also decided to move the list archives to that machine
20  (which means the list archives are on the same machine as the MX, and  (which means the list archives are on the same machine as the MX, and
21  consequently fewer delays).  consequently suffer fewer delays).
22    
23  If you haven't already, please add lists.d.o's new ip, 82.195.75.100,  If you haven't already, please add lists.d.o's new ip, 82.195.75.100,
24  to your whitelists.  to your whitelists.
# Line 32  index comprises some 3.5 million message Line 32  index comprises some 3.5 million message
32  are estimated to be spam.  In order to improve your search experience,  are estimated to be spam.  In order to improve your search experience,
33  we have prepared the indexing software to benefit from our spam removal  we have prepared the indexing software to benefit from our spam removal
34  plan (see below).  plan (see below).
35  As before, searching by author and list is supporteed, the new search  
36  should be more language- and encoding-aware.  As before, searching by author and list is supported, but the new
37  Work is in progress to provide our adaptations to upstream and implement  search should be more language- and encoding-aware. Work is in
38    progress to provide our adaptations to upstream and implement
39  improvements based on our experience and the hints we got from the  improvements based on our experience and the hints we got from the
40  friendly people at Xapian.  friendly people at Xapian.
41    
# Line 66  lists (we had some lists where those wer Line 67  lists (we had some lists where those wer
67  Responses, so we are now a little more net-friendly with our service.  Responses, so we are now a little more net-friendly with our service.
68    
69  While reviewing things we found that our bounce-handling had some  While reviewing things we found that our bounce-handling had some
70  issues, see the next chapter for that.  issues, see the next section for information about that.
71    
72  Better bounce handling  Better bounce handling
73  ----------------------  ----------------------
74  We checked our bounce-handling, because we got 500+ bounces for some  We checked our bounce-handling because we have more than 500 bounces
75  lists, and found that we didn't have a working bounce handling for some  for some lists, and in the process found that we didn't have working
76  lists (other-*, deity, *-digest, debian-private). There were also  bounce handling for other lists (other-*, deity, *-digest,
77  problems in handling and recognizing mailadresses containing = or  debian-private). There were also problems in handling and recognizing
78  !-characters.  mailadresses containing = or !-characters.
79    
80  Bounces of debian-private subscription are still manualy handed by the  Bounces of debian-private subscription are still manualy handed by the
81  listmasters, but we address these issues and forward such addresses to  listmasters, but we now address these issues and forward such addresses to
82  da-manager@debian.org.  da-manager@debian.org.
83    
84  To address the other mailing lists we rewrote some parts of our  To address the other mailing lists we rewrote some parts of our
# Line 106  List archive spam Line 107  List archive spam
107  -----------------  -----------------
108  As avid followers of debian-project will know, we have implemented  As avid followers of debian-project will know, we have implemented
109  support to weed spam out of the www list archives. While we want to  support to weed spam out of the www list archives. While we want to
110  getting rid of as much spam as possible our paramount objective in this  get rid of as much spam as possible our paramount objective in this
111  effort is to preserve the integrity of the archive (e.g. keeping URLs  effort is to preserve the integrity of the archive (e.g. keeping URLs
112  constant for past messages and avoiding removal of non-spam mail). This  constant for past messages and avoiding removal of non-spam mail). This
113  means that the submissions we receive from users clicking on the  means that the submissions we receive from users clicking on the
# Line 124  You can help us in a few important areas Line 125  You can help us in a few important areas
125     and have ideas for improving our filters, we accept patches to our     and have ideas for improving our filters, we accept patches to our
126     rulessets, which are publicly available via svn.[5]     rulessets, which are publicly available via svn.[5]
127    
128   * Encoding issues -- If you notice encoding problems after November   * Encoding issues -- If you notice encoding problems of messages sent
129     2007 in the archive, please contact listmaster@lists.debian.org     after November 2007 in the archive, please contact
130     with a link to the problematic message and an explanation of the     listmaster@lists.debian.org with a link to the problematic message
131     problem.     and an explanation of the problem.
132    
133   * Avoid bouncing spam -- If you don't want your MTA to accept spam,   * Avoid bouncing spam -- If you don't want your MTA to accept spam,
134     please just discard it instead of 550'ing, at least when a message     please just discard it instead of 550'ing, at least when a message
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