[ale] Administrivia: restrict_post has been turned on

[mic at mathcs.emory.edu (Michelangelo Grigni)]

jknapka writes:
> I think the policy should be as liberal as possible - reject
> blatant spam, but accept anything that's even vaguely Linux-
> or open-source related, including job-related posts and
> adverts for software or other services of potential interest to
> the group.

Another suggestion: for an unknown sender, reply with a
challenge message, and accept future messages from them if
they reply to the challenge.  This could be automated, and
weeds out the common spammers.  One issue would be avoiding
a mail loop (say: only one challenge per unknown, per day).
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