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Spam filters not working properly
by Luca Martinelli 17 Feb '26

17 Feb '26

I'm noticing that the spam filters are not working at all in at least two mailing list I administer, that is the Italian Wikipedia ML and the Abstract Wikipedia ML. Especially the first one, where moderation is in effect, keeps receiving spam e-mails from banned addresses (such as comunicaciones(a)hyperionow.fr/com). Is there anything we can do to get better filters? Cheers, L.

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Figuring out...
by Florence Devouard 05 Sep '25

05 Sep '25

Hello I used to be registered to that list. In fact I seem to be still registered to it. But I somehow stopped received emails from it some time ago apparently. I am facing an issue with * My emails to various lists NOT reaching home. For example, I post to WREN mailing list but my messages are not getting there * Or sometimes they reach home (according to others) but I never receive them myself (before you ask, yes I activated in my preferences the fact of receiving them) Someone told me my message was noted as "silent". No idea what it means * AND some lists do not seem to have archives (for example, African-wikimedians is not showing any archives after july 2025). I wanted to check if the message actually reached the list... but there is no archives for August and September So it seems that I have a problem (but I can not figure out which one) and it seems the archiving problem is having a problem So I thought... let's write the Listadmin list... till the moment I realized that I have not received any messages for... over a year. Is there still a list somewhere where we can reach out with issues with lists ? I went to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration I read "A public mailing list was made to assist administrators who need to read instructions on how to create a mailing list, deal with spam, moderate troubled users and assist users who make a decision to communicate with people on other networks." OK, where is this public mailing list though ?

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The Membership is banned
by liefernando45＠gmail.com 18 Nov '24

18 Nov '24

I cannot contact arbcom-nl(a)lists.wikimedia.org because the membership is banned. How to solve my issues?

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Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from the Commons-l mailing list
by Esteban Zarate 15 Nov '24

15 Nov '24

Please admins of commons list, i never request it, anyone more was unsuscribed by error? Is a massive error? ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: Esteban Zarate <jezarate(a)gmail.com> Date: lun, 11 de nov de 2024, 6:42 a. m. Subject: Fwd: You have been unsubscribed from the Commons-l mailing list To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> This is an error? I never request it, regards!! ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: <commons-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: lun, 11 de nov de 2024, 3:46 a. m. Subject: You have been unsubscribed from the Commons-l mailing list To: <jezarate(a)gmail.com>

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Messages to mailing lists somehow being "lost"
by Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams 04 Nov '24

04 Nov '24

Hi everyone, I was wondering if any other list admins have been experiencing this issue: Lately on the accounts-enwiki-l mailing list, we've been getting an increasing number of messages (now about two messages per week) where the message content is somehow lost. The moderation queue will show some message about the email content being lost, and approving the email for the list only results in the following being delivered: > The content of this message was lost. It was probably cross-posted to > multiple lists and previously handled on another list. This is especially strange given that these emails are /not/ being sent to multiple lists. Also interestingly, the held message notification I receive as a list admin will have the original message. Fortunately, this means I can forward the original message onward to the list manually, but this is still rather annoying. I saw that there is a Phabricator ticket open for this issue already, T377045 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T377045>. I don't know if any WMF technical folks monitor this list and would be able to give this issue some attention, but if so, that would be appreciated. Probably also wouldn't hurt to get some more documentation of the issue if this is a more widespread problem. Thanks very much! -- Sincerely, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FastLizard4 https://fastlizard4.org FastLizard4(a)gmail.com GPG Key ID: 0x 221A 627D D76E 2616

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Re: Publicpolicy spam
by Dimi Dimitrov 11 Sep '24

11 Sep '24

Hi, I made a mistake, I am sorry. I marked all the spam to be discarded and by accident clicked accept. First time this happens in ten years. Sorry. Dimitar Dimitrov Policy Director Wikimedia Europe mobile: +32497720374 Rue Belliard 12 Belliardstraat, Brussels https://wikimedia.brussels Le mer. 11 sept. 2024 à 13:28, Franziska Putz <fputz(a)wikimedia.org> a écrit : > Following up - just saw them all in the archives log. Thanks for bringing > it to attention! I'll look into it right away. > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM Franziska Putz <fputz(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi RhinosF1, >> >> Dimi and I moderate the list, I delete held spam messages every week. I >> didn't see one come through, so it must have slipped past me. Could I ask >> you to please forward it to me? >> >> Thanks for your help and apologies for the frustration it has caused, >> >> Ziski >> >> On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM RhinosF1 - <rhinosf1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Is there any chance someone can moderate the list? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> RhinosF1 >>> >> -- Wikimedia Europe ivzw

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what about the admins of a list
by Florence Devouard 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Hello We are a few wondering how to deal with a situation where ... no name has been mentionned as operating a mailing list... and no one is answering the email list as contact for the list admin... Specifically speaking of the gender gap mailing list... So what are... the options ? if any ? Best regards Florence

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description not added to subscribers
by mastigm 21 Dec '23

21 Dec '23

I have spotted the following problem: When I mass subscribe users there are some options listed to add description to email: The following formats are accepted: jdoe(a)example.com <jdoe(a)example.com> John Doe <jdoe(a)example.com> "John Doe" <jdoe(a)example.com> jdoe(a)example.com (John Doe) Unfortunately this does not work. Regardless of how I put the name the list of users only contains the address but not the name. I cannot also find a way for the group admin to add the description later. Am I missing something? masti

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Spam prevention
by MusikAnimal 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Hello! I am an admin of the https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikipedia-en-editfilters.lists.… mailing list. Starting some months ago, we get spam more or less on a daily basis. We have all messages automatically held for approval, so our readers aren't seeing the spam, rather myself and the other admin are burdened with logging in and rejecting the emails every day. Is there any advice on how to prevent this from happening? I am aware some lists have moved to Google Groups. Would that help, you think? If so, how might I go about migrating my mailing list to it? We have long banned the email addresses, but it seems rarely we get spam from the same email twice, so this tactic has not been very effective. Thanks for any help you can provide, ~ MusikAnimal

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Farewell from Deryck as listadmin
by Deryck Chan 13 Oct '23

13 Oct '23

Dear Wikimedia Listadmins, I'm writing to you all to say farewell, as I have retired from my listadmin roles for Wikimania-l and Wikimedia-Asia-Chapters. It was nice to catch up with many of you in person at Wikimania 2023, and also online in recent months. In the run-up to Wikimania though, it became apparent to me that new real-life duties in recent years mean that I no longer have the quick-response availability to operate effectively as a listadmin, and I had decided that after Wikimania 2023 would be a good time to step down. It has been a joy to serve as a Wikimedia listadmin for the last 10 years(!). For now I'm continuing as a casual on-wiki volunteer; so you can still find me at Cantonese Wikipedia or English Wikipedia; or simply write to my personal email address here. But for now it's farewell from me as listadmin and I'll be unsubscribing from listadmins-l shortly. Thank you for all the stroopwafels! With much wiki-love, Deryck

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