Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Richard Ames
We apparently can not filter this stuff --- can we make it a member only list Please, Richard. -- Richard Ames linsup.com, +61 2 9144-6131 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

RE: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Jon Biddell
essage- -=> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Ames -=> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 11:43 AM -=> To: SLUG -=> Subject: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks) -=> -=> -=> -=> We apparently can not filter thi

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Terry Collins
Richard Ames wrote: > > We apparently can not filter this stuff --- can we make it a member only > list I would be more interested in knowing why the filters haven't picked it up by now. It seems that we had the same message about 5 (?) times . Perhaps a reject before members only. --

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread John Clarke
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:11:33PM +1000, Terry Collins wrote: > I would be more interested in knowing why the filters haven't picked it > up by now. It seems that we had the same message about 5 (?) times . No, only twice, once each on slug and slug-chat, but they referred to the same site as so

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Adam Hewitt
Well Im not a member of slug-chat and I have had that email about 5 times to the slug list... Adam. On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:38, John Clarke wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:11:33PM +1000, Terry Collins wrote: > > > I would be more interested in knowing why the filters haven't picked it > > u

RE: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Theo Julienne
> Well Im not a member of slug-chat and I have had that email > about 5 times to the slug list... I can count at least 8 ( of this sort of spam ) from the main slug list alone :) --- Kind Regards, Theo Julienne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread John Clarke
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 10:40:55AM +0800, Adam Hewitt wrote: > To: John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't do this. Just send your reply to the list. > Well Im not a member of slug-chat and I have had that email about 5 > times to the slug list... Check the list archive. There was only one copy

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Dave Airlie
Top posting is not bad, I'm all for it .. more top posting please, I use pine, and I sometimes have a bloody slow link, having to scroll down through pages of message to read one is annoying as crap, and yeah I know people should trim their replies, but I use pine, and I sometimes have a bloody s

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Michael Lake
Dave Airlie wrote: for i = 1 to 3; do > I use pine, and I sometimes have a bloody slow <--+ > link, having to scroll down through pages of | > message to read one is annoying as crap,--+ done Please dont get into this loop, I have just experienced a long thread on comp.text.tex wh

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread guru
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Dave Airlie wrote: I hope that everyone has upgraded their Pine to v4.58 :) Sorry for sending directly, as an ex-slug List-administrator, sometimes my postings don't get posted, no idea why.. cheers! > Top posting is not bad, I'm all for it .. more top posting please, > > I

RE: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Jon Biddell
If you're *really* concerned about top-posting, might I suggest you go get a LIFE !! -=> Top posting is not bad, I'm all for it .. more top posting please, Not editing your messages, however, really fromages me off !!! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Richard Ames wrote: > >We apparently can not filter this stuff --- can we make it a member only >list I haven't received a single spam from the slug list since i installed bogofilter between my mailbox and my mailserver. http://spacepants.org/conf/dot.procmailrc

RE: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Jon Biddell
-=> This one time, at band camp, Richard Ames wrote: -=> > -=> >We apparently can not filter this stuff --- can we make it -=> a member -=> >only -=> >list -=> -=> I haven't received a single spam from the slug list since i -=> installed bogofilter between my mailbox and my mailserver. -=>

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Jon Biddell wrote: >While bogofilter is probably a damn ghood idea, it doesn't address the >vast majority of users who probably have one machine connected to their >ISP, and their spam email downloads count toewards there monthly limit. bogofilter runs at the client en

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread John Clarke
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 03:55:39PM +1000, Jon Biddell wrote: > I can see what Richard is saying - if we can't stop it at the source > (i.e. the slug server), then you need something that can delete spam What we don't know is how many spams the filters stopped. No filter is perfect, but if they'v

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-10 Thread Peter Hardy
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 16:07, John Clarke wrote: > What we don't know is how many spams the filters stopped. No filter is > perfect, but if they've caught 99% then we really don't have any right > to complain about the 1% that got though. Thanks for some positive feedback. :-) Last time I counted

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-11 Thread Shaun Oliver
personally, I don't see the problem with making it a hidden list. However, there may be reasons for not doing so which all seem to ilude me at the moment, but I only got 1 copy. but by the same token, I gotta tell you, I ain't liking the porn spam much, just my 2 cents worth -- Shaun Oliver "Beca

Re: Members only (was [SLUG] Slug, Lisa sucks)

2003-09-11 Thread Shaun Oliver
*SNIP* Not editing your messages, however, really fromages me off *SNIP* I would have to agree. thankfully, I use mutt which in my case due to my using speech, I find that I can read a reply to one message and the text I've already seen in a previous message isn't read out to me. that afaik is a fe