On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:32:26 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm pretty sure all of the spam is automated, so your message won't > >> get through to anyone. > > D'Arcy> Well, it got through to us adding to our spam problem. > > Right. I apologize that so much spam seems to be leaking through still. I
In fact my system successfully filtered out the original spam so that was not my problem. > am working on the problem. I'm pretty sure at this point that I am seeing > all the spam (even those messages which gmail thoughtfully traps for me) and > have modified things slightly so that I can dig into the reasons why some > spams are missed and some pretty obvious hams are held. I am sure that we all appreciate your efforts. That doesn't mean that we should depend on you to block 100% of the spam. We need to take some responsibility on our own systems too. > So, best approach now when you see a spam message is: try to rein in your > sarcastic wit and just hit the 'd' key. Well, yes, that was my point. I had managed to filter out the spam but then had to deal with someone responding here to a spam that I never saw. The sarcasm was directed at the person who replied to the spam rather than hitting the 'd' key. This conversation sounds like we are in "violent agreement." :-) -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
