Re: blocking impolite posters from docbook-tools-discuss

[Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>]

  In message < 76g0pn9n0x.fsf@odie.lanl.gov >you write:
  > 
  > Amigos, I'm sure you will not be surprised that Eric S. Raymond has
  > been posting offensive message to
  > docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
  > 
  > I would like to block his posts without making a fuss.  What's the
  > best way?
We've had to do this for someone on the gcc lists too.

In the /qmail/lists-sourceware/<listname>/editor file you'll have something
like this:

|/usr/sourceware/bin/rbl-check.sh gcc --gcc-list
|/usr/sourceware/bin/check-for-listname.sh gcc@gcc.gnu.org egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-reject -T '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc'
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-issubn -n '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc/deny' || { echo "Sorry, 
I've
 been told to reject your posts. Contact gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org if you have 
quest
ions about this (#5.7.2)"; exit 100 ; }
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-send -r '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc'
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-warn '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc' || exit 0
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-warn -d '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc' || exit 0
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-tstdig -t24 -m30 -k64 '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc' || exit 99
|/qmail/ezmlm/ezmlm-get '/qmail/lists-gcc/gcc' || exit 0

Look at the line which checks /qmail/lists-gcc/deny -- you'll want to add
something similar for the docbook list(s).  Then do

ezmlm-sub /qmail/lists-sourceware/<listname>/deny loser@whereever.net

jeff