Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-06 Thread Tim Bunce
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:12:08PM -0400, Steve Werby wrote: > "Michael Widenius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This thing has been up a couple of times over the years. The problem > > is that requiring people to be subscribers to the mailing list before > > posting will only confuse the poor peo

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-05 Thread Sasha Pachev
On Thursday 05 April 2001 20:38, Steve Werby wrote: > "Sasha Pachev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, we can somewhat expand the list - add the words "database", "sql", > and > > "query" to the sentry list. > > > > Second, if you forget one of those words, you will get a reply from the > bot

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-05 Thread Sasha Pachev
On Thursday 05 April 2001 20:15, Jonothan Farr wrote: > > First, we can somewhat expand the list - add the words "database", "sql", and > > "query" to the sentry list. > > Congratulations "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"!!! You have been selected to receive a > free spam-o-matic. If we have a problem with

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-05 Thread Sasha Pachev
> > > - Require the person to be either subscribed to the list or that the > > email should contain the word 'MySQL'. > > I don't think this will be effective. I just checked the last 10 messages I > posted to the list. 6 had 'mysql' in the body and 4 didn't...and I was > surprised that man

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-05 Thread Steve Werby
"Michael Widenius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thing has been up a couple of times over the years. The problem > is that requiring people to be subscribers to the mailing list before > posting will only confuse the poor people that don't expect to get 100 > emails per day after subscribing.

Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-05 Thread Michael Widenius
Hi! > "Eric" == Eric Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eric> This is an open plea to the MySQL team. The amount of spam and other noise Eric> on the list has been growing more and more every day. I would like to make Eric> a couple basic plea's. The first, is that you require a post

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Eric Fitzgerald
TECTED]> To: "Eric Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Signal to Noise Ratio... > "Eric Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can understand the concern of longer de

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Werby
"Eric Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can understand the concern of longer delays in moderation. My problem > with anti spam filters is simply because they are too much like anti-virus > filters. TOO many false positives. Since you were volunteering...why not volunteer to moderate th

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Eric Fitzgerald
ld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:12 PM Subject: Re: Signal to Noise Ratio... > "Eric Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The amount of spam and other noise > > on the list has been growing more and

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Werby
"Eric Fitzgerald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The amount of spam and other noise > on the list has been growing more and more every day. Agreed. Same thing's happening with my own email accounts. > Second, perhaps setup some basic moderation, I'll help if > need be :) I think most people aski

Re: Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Aigars Grins
> This is an open plea to the MySQL team. The amount of spam and other noise > on the list has been growing more and more every day. I would like to make > a couple basic plea's. The first, is that you require a poster to the list > have an actual account on the list, that should help cut out s

Signal to Noise Ratio...

2001-04-04 Thread Eric Fitzgerald
This is an open plea to the MySQL team. The amount of spam and other noise on the list has been growing more and more every day. I would like to make a couple basic plea's. The first, is that you require a poster to the list have an actual account on the list, that should help cut out some of t