Does the list get spammed?
• (ADB) The linux-kernel list is no longer spammed, you will rarely if ever find a commercial posting to the list itself. OTOH once you post to the list, expect to get a few undesirable mails in the following days. Unfortunately some people watch the list and think it’s a good idea to pick names from it. There are many ways to avoid spam, check the dedicated anti spam sites on the list. I learned many things this way. • (REW) Although the list maintainers do their best to keep the list spam free, it is not possible to do this 100%. Some of the good kernel development people cannot keep up with the volume on linux-kernel. But they do occasionally post. Therefore we need to keep the submissions open for “everybody”. Some of the other important people have two or three Email addresses. They too need to post from different addresses. Consequently something that looks like a submission from a valid return address tends to go on the list.
• (ADB) The linux-kernel list is no longer spammed, you will rarely if ever find a commercial posting to the list itself. OTOH once you post to the list, expect to get a few undesirable mails in the following days. Unfortunately some people watch the list and think it’s a good idea to pick names from it. There are many ways to avoid spam, check the dedicated anti spam sites on the list. I learned many things this way. • (REW) Although the list maintainers do their best to keep the list spam free, it is not possible to do this 100%. Some of the good kernel development people cannot keep up with the volume on linux-kernel. But they do occasionally post. Therefore we need to keep the submissions open for “everybody”. Some of the other important people have two or three Email addresses. They too need to post from different addresses. Consequently something that looks like a submission from a valid return address tends to go on the list. There is nothing an automated filtering system can do
