Re: spam and debian-curiosa
Adam Olsen <rhamph@d2dc.net> writes:
> It gets posts from non-members, that's why.
.... or at least from members who do not always send mail from their
subscription address.
> Debian[0] won't accept any solution that involves censoring users.
> That means you have to 0 false-hits. That rules out all the automatic
> tools people use. The only way I can think of to do this is allow
> subscribers and past posters through automatically, and flag the rest
> to be manually moderated. But this requires a group of volunteers to
> the moderation, and nothing will happen until there is such a group.
>
> [0] IANADD, so I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds, but I think this
> is the option of debian in general.
Opinions among developers are somewhat divided, but the general
consensus is that anything potentially legitimate should get through;
any arguments tend to be about where, if anywhere, to draw the line.
If that means letting the occasional piece of spam through, so be it.
Incidentally, I have seen at least as much griping about spam on this
list as actual spam; if you're annoyed with spam, either unsubscribe,
set up a personal filter (such as spamassassin), or complain to the
listmasters, rather than complaining to members who can't do anything
about it.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
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