> The problem still remains, someone (briteeyes) will still have to check the > "spam" and manually pass on the emails erroneously tagged as spam back to > coder-com@. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that at least 75% of spam is of > the repeating kind, the same scams that circulate in waves like the African > former whatever willing to give you millions etc. Simple filters can stop > these, and most email clients allow setting up simple filters. List > maintainers are already burdened with all the bounced emails then get, and > asking them then install and daily check a Spam Assassin type program for > false positives is asking too much.
this will be my one and only post on this matter. i have just recently installed spamassassin locally, mostly as a learning process as we have it installed at work and i didn't know zip about it. yes, there is a lot of spam coming through undernet mailing lists. feel lucky that you're not on the wastelanders@ mailing list. the S:N ratio is incredible. 50 spams to 1 actual email. this is because it's a very low traffic list these days. i'm more than happy to eliminate the spam at my end. it gives me a chance to learn something. 'nuff said. Gavin Grieve HeKTik @ UnderNet
