On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, christ wrote:
> >Well, hopefully this message gets through from an unsubscribed
> >account.
>
> there is no point to filtering spam if we already filter on only-subscribed
> users (another list i run does that, and has never had any spam tho it is
> higher visibility than siglinux-l). the reason we allow open postings
> is that on the web page (and elsewhere) we encourage newbies to ask for
> help, and ACITS encourages people (sometimes) to ask us for linux help--
> without necessarily mentioning its a mailing list. that's a policy that
> i think everyone can agree with; being a helping organization, we want
> max coverage of people who may not understand arcanities such as mailing
> lists (yet =))
I just wasn't sure what the policy was. I seem to recall that CTLUG
is subscriber only, and plenty of others I'm on are. Nonetheless, the
comment was unnecessary and I publicly apologize.
> >So, is ORBS filtering alrady back on on locutus?
>
> no, it never got turned off. i apologize if i only said this in private
> mail (because i did say it several times), but i projected it would be off
> by sometime this weekend, which unless i am mistaken hasn't arrived yet.
> i have other tasks more important to my eventual graduation and continued
> employment that take precedence during the week (altho i spent an hour or
> so last night researching rbl and company versus orbs anyway).
>
> so, hold your breath for 72 more hours, please.
My bad and further apologies. I got so excited by the fact that you
had decided to turn of ORBS that I didn't read closely enough.
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