[FFmpeg-devel] Fwd: Your message to ffmpeg-devel awaits moderator approval

[James Almer]

On 12/19/2024 11:46 AM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
> On 19/12/2024 09:58, Kieran Kunhya via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> My messages are being blocked on the mailing list. How is this fair that
>> one person can unilaterally decide this?
> 
> It's not even possible for a moderator do hold individual mails after 
> the fact, unless I'm missing something here?
> This mail got through, so it can't be a block on you in general.
> 
> The only thing that can hold mails is if some kind of filter rule 
> matches it, or the spam filter. Or if you accidentally send it from an 
> address that's not subscribed.
> 
> As in this case, the mail got blocked because it matched a filter rule 
> against "upcoming vote" in the subject.
> It's a bit odd of a rule, but I could see it making sense at least, in 
> that only people who are allowed to run votes can actually do so.
> It's also been already removed now, which seems like the right decision 
> to me, given we never had any such issues ever.

Yes i removed the rule and approved his email. The filter rule was added 
without previous notice and without the intervention of the CC, which is 
not ok at all.

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