Server-side filtering is obviously a more efficient approach. As for "noise,"
doesn't your post fit this category as well (or as badly) as the one you're
responding to?
> The IETF list is a general discussion list, ideally focused on
> technical issues. Note that a number of users and/or domains are
> filtered out as they have repeatedly sent spam messages to the list.
Given that description, I'm not sure I see how filtering is off-topic.
John Starta wrote:
> All of which could have been easily filtered locally on your workstation.
> Rather than contribute to the noise, perhaps learning how to use the basic
> capabilities of your mail client would be time better spent.
>
> jas
>
> At 08:43 AM 7/27/01 -0400, Jon William Toigo wrote:
> >I have received multiple infected emails from multiple sources over the past
> >four days, followed by a flood of system generated warnings after each one.
> >It's kind of ridiculous.
> >
> >JWT
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Greg Minshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Jon William Toigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:12 PM
> >Subject: Re: Viruses
> >
> >
> > > i think *1* virus-attached e-mail going through the IETF list will result
> >in
> > > 10s or 100s of the warnings (if that is what you are talking about).
