Chances are trivial questions have already been answered to, and available in
list archives.
Nevertheless you are right ; maybe some stats, how many questions vs how many
subscribers, would help.
On Friday 19 July 2002 20:54, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 08:25:46PM +0200, jmt wr
On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 03:52:09PM -0400, Matt Soccio wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 15:21, Ben Collins wrote:
>
> > Setup a personal filter then. I only see about one spam on the list per
> > day, at most. That's low enough that I don't really care about it.
> >
>
> I have a spam filter set up.
On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 15:21, Ben Collins wrote:
> Setup a personal filter then. I only see about one spam on the list per
> day, at most. That's low enough that I don't really care about it.
>
I have a spam filter set up. I specify lists that I am subscribed to
and they pass through. I obvious
On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 03:26:26PM -0400, Matt Soccio wrote:
>
> The arguments for and against subscribing could go on forever. The fact
> of the matter is that few people are going to follow a low-traffic list
> or ask questions, trivial or otherwise, if the majority of the mail is
> spam.
>
>
(Come on, people. Trim your replies, please. Yes, that can even be done
with outlook)
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:14:39 PDT, "Greg Ray" writes:
>>> I agree. Most of the groups I subscribed to reject posts unless sender
>>> is registered.
>> And then people who need help will have to subscribe to th
The arguments for and against subscribing could go on forever. The fact
of the matter is that few people are going to follow a low-traffic list
or ask questions, trivial or otherwise, if the majority of the mail is
spam.
If it is debian.org's decision to allow anyone to post to debian-sparc,
tha
I'm subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which inadvertently forwarded some
e-mail bourne virus in spite of the subscriber only traffic on the list.
So I think that's not much of a solution. Mike Orr administers the list,
and developed some procmail recipes to address the problem. These are
aimed a
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 08:25:46PM +0200, jmt wrote:
> > I agree. Most of the groups I subscribed to reject posts unless sender
> > is registered.
>
> And then people who need help will have to subscribe to the list first,
> which means that most people w
Well then if they dont asked then it most not have been important, if they
want answers they can spend 30 sec of their day and register to the list.
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From: "Ben Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "jmt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Matt Soccio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mute" <[EM
On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 08:25:46PM +0200, jmt wrote:
> I agree. Most of the groups I subscribed to reject posts unless sender is
> registered.
And then people who need help will have to subscribe to the list first,
which means that most people who need trivial questions answered will
never ask th
I agree. Most of the groups I subscribed to reject posts unless sender is
registered.
jmt
On Friday 19 July 2002 18:39, Matt Soccio wrote:
> Filters are a pain in the butt to keep up with and spammers are always
> finding ways around them.
>
> It would be nice if only subscribed addresses could
On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 12:39, Matt Soccio wrote:
> Filters are a pain in the butt to keep up with and spammers are always
> finding ways around them.
>
> It would be nice if only subscribed addresses could post to the list.
> This is a relatively niche-specific list, so I don't think we would be
>
Filters are a pain in the butt to keep up with and spammers are always
finding ways around them.
It would be nice if only subscribed addresses could post to the list.
This is a relatively niche-specific list, so I don't think we would be
shutting out any newcomers or putting anyone out. Spamming
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the amount of spam comming in through this list is really getting out of
hand. someone should get off their lazy ass and fix this. I mean shit, its
hosted at debian.org, put some filters up.
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