[llvm-dev] IMPORTANT NOTICE - Subscription to Mailman lists disabled immediately

[Hubert Tong via llvm-dev]

I've been informed by Etienne (on cc) that he made a request via the manual
"subscribe" e-mail address around a week ago now and has gotten no
response. I'm not sure if there are further steps he should be taking?

-- HT

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 4:39 PM Tanya Lattner via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> We need to immediately disable subscription capabilities to all LLVM
> Mailman lists.
>
> The current Mailman server is being abused by subscribing valid email
> addresses to our lists and because the list requires confirmation, the
> email address gets “spam”. An email address is subscribed upwards of 100
> times in a short period of time in many cases. AWS has threatened to turn
> off our instance unless we take immediate action. Given the time frame of
> the situation (24 hours to resolve), we have no choice but to disable all
> new subscription capabilities as we can not distinguish between a real
> subscription attempt versus the abuse.
>
> Those currently subscribed should see no changes or impact to their
> workflow.
>
> I am sure this raises a lot of questions for the LLVM community and we are
> working hard and as quickly as possible on a permanent solution to this
> situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Tanya Lattner
> LLVM Foundation
>
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