Re: spam hell

2002-01-31 Thread Alex Hornby
On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 06:41, Bob Proulx wrote: > > It is possible to set up moderation. Actually, moderation is a wrong > > word. The only responsibility of the moderator show be preventing spam. > > I help moderate a few of the GNU lists which are moderated solely to > prevent spam and I can

Re: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread Bob Proulx
> It is possible to set up moderation. Actually, moderation is a wrong > word. The only responsibility of the moderator show be preventing spam. I help moderate a few of the GNU lists which are moderated solely to prevent spam and I can tell you from personal experience that it is a pain. Mai

Re: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread F J Franklin
> There is no point in debating about spam here, it becomes spam by > itself. Especially if you receive every e-mail twice... Frank Francis James Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, gett

Re: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Rupert" == Rupert Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rupert> Lars J. Aas wrote: >> : Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fast to join >> the : list so that requiring that you are a member if you want to >> post is : OK. >> >> I wouldn't mind this personally, but I seem to rem

RE: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread Rupert Wood
Lars J. Aas wrote: > : Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fast to join the > : list so that requiring that you are a member if you want to post is > : OK. > > I wouldn't mind this personally, but I seem to remember there were > some strong opinions against this the last time it w

Re: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:23:56AM +0100, Mats Lidell wrote: : > Lars wrote: : Lars> [...] it's impossible (or close to) to stop the spam that : Lars> currently gets through without closing the list so only : Lars> subscribers can post : : Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fa

Re: spam hell

2002-01-30 Thread Mats Lidell
> Lars wrote: Lars> [...] it's impossible (or close to) to stop the spam that Lars> currently gets through without closing the list so only Lars> subscribers can post Why not close the list then? IMHO it's so easy and fast to join the list so that requiring that you are a member if you want

Re: spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread Akim Demaille
Have a look at `spamassassin', it works great. Look at the following folder, last erased Jan 12th, which it made thanks to the following bits of .procmailrc: :0fw | spamassassin -P :0e { EXITCODE=$? } :0: * ^X-Spam-Flag: YES caughtspam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get ready to see BIGGEST teen sit

Re: spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:10:25AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: : Hello! : : > We've stopped most of the shit from Korea based on simple filtering, but : > it's impossible (or close to) to stop the spam that currently gets through : > without closing the list so only subscribers can post or moderat

Re: spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello! > We've stopped most of the shit from Korea based on simple filtering, but > it's impossible (or close to) to stop the spam that currently gets through > without closing the list so only subscribers can post or moderating the > postings from non-subscribers. Nobody is interested in the mo

Re: spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread F J Franklin
> We've stopped most of the shit from Korea based on simple filtering Thank you for that, at least. > BTW, it's driving me nuts too, but I'm out of filtering ideas... Allow only messages containing the line "Dear Automake,"? Maybe not. Regards, Frank Francis James Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 09:46:26AM +, F J Franklin wrote: : Please do something about this deluge of spam! It's driving me nuts! We've stopped most of the shit from Korea based on simple filtering, but it's impossible (or close to) to stop the spam that currently gets through without closing

spam hell

2002-01-29 Thread F J Franklin
Please do something about this deluge of spam! It's driving me nuts! Sorely aggravated, Frank Francis James Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again. That's how we kno