Re: Need to disable bug-teseq mailing list

[Bob Proulx]

Hello Micah,

Micah Cowan wrote:
> The bug-teseq mailing list hasn't had any legitimate mail (outside of
> one announcement from me) since 2013. Meanwhile I'm receiving fairly
> regular spam notifications, which have seen a recent uptick.
>
> I'd like to close the list completely, as at this point I ignore all
> "post from * requires approval", and the limit of the noise-to-signal
> ratio is infinite ;)

I will give you some immediate relief and change the owner address to
our team address listhelper-moderate AT gnu DOT org where we already
filter all of those out.  So it is no trouble at all there.

This should stop the spam hitting your main email immediately.  And I
am not worried about identity theft for that change.  Since that is a
good default setting regardless.

> ...However, the password I have in my password minder under "GNU
> lists" isn't getting me into the admin page for bug-teseq (which is
> why I'm writing this request via email).
> 
> Presumably you'll want to confirm my identity - I'm just now finding
> out I also apparently don't have any of my old GnuPG secret keys,
> either, so that's out. Perhaps it'd be sufficient for you to email me
> directly and have me respond with a confirmation (proving I really do
> have access to this email address, if you're not terribly concerned
> about MITM en route to my email server); or else I could do something
> to prove I have access to the "Micah Cowan" account on Savannah (file
> a bogus ticket or something?).

If you are game please let's try a test of a very little known
feature.  One that I only recently learned of myself.  Log into
Savannah.  That fulfills the identity check.  Then go to your project
page on Savannah.

  https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/teseq/

Then from there select the [Mailing list] from the navigation area.

  https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=teseq

Then from there select [Configure] from the navigation area.

  https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/admin/?group=teseq

Then from there check the checkbox:

  Reset List Admin Password:
    [X] Requested - this will have no effect if this list is not managed by 
Mailman via Savane

Then select the [Submit] button at the bottom.

Although I expect this will work I don't actually know if it has been
tested at all recently.  And there have been many server backend
changes recently that might have broken this functionality.  It would
help us out if you were to give this a live production test and let us
know how this works for you.  It will be interesting either way.

Thanks!
Bob