first off, i don't understand your point. second, please keep it on the list, simply because it's a list issue, that's best resolved by the most people having the opportunity to respond.
i'm top-posting so that others have the chance to review and perhaps make sense of what i concede i don't understand. ben On Tuesday 29 October 2002 03:44 am, Craig Genner wrote: > Is the list not restricted to posting from only those that are subscribed > then? I don't see the advatages of having it this way. > Prehaps you could let me in on your reasons for having it open posting. > > Thanks > Craig > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:29 AM > Subject: Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint > > > On Tuesday 29 October 2002 02:32 am, Colin Watson wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:00:23AM -0800, ben wrote: > > > > on the other hand, isn't there more that can be done to spare us all > > from > > > > > this crap? if the f*ckin' big interrogators and the corporate > > insulation > > > > > association can develop a means of tracking potentially injurious > > > > content, why can't we get it together, on this list, to agree on a > > > > commonly appropriate filtering apparatus to eliminate obvious spam > > from > > > > > this list? > > > > > > People seem to keep assuming there's no filtering at all! We do have > > > spamassassin running; it's just a matter of tweaking it (and, in the > > > meantime, accepting that nothing's perfect). > > > > colin, thanks for the response, but given that a huge majority of the > > spam that makes its way through the list filters emanates from .cn, .tw, > > and > > .kr > > > domains, where there are obviously huge relay holes, what does it take to > > have the list's spam guardians address the issue? the spam pollution on > > the > > > list has increased hugely over the last six months. who's responsible for > > the > > > filter? > > > > i'm not assuming that there's no filtering; rather wondering if the > > filterer > > > is keeping up with current degree of infiltration. if i can help with > > that task, let me know how. > > > > ben > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
