Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint
first off, i don't understand your point. second, please keep it on the list,
simply because it's a list issue, that's best resolved by the most people
having the opportunity to respond.
i'm top-posting so that others have the chance to review and perhaps make
sense of what i concede i don't understand.
ben
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 03:44 am, Craig Genner wrote:
> Is the list not restricted to posting from only those that are subscribed
> then? I don't see the advatages of having it this way.
> Prehaps you could let me in on your reasons for having it open posting.
>
> Thanks
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ben" <benfoley@rcn.com>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: way indulgent on my part--was Re: paint
>
> > On Tuesday 29 October 2002 02:32 am, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:00:23AM -0800, ben wrote:
> > > > on the other hand, isn't there more that can be done to spare us all
>
> from
>
> > > > this crap? if the f*ckin' big interrogators and the corporate
>
> insulation
>
> > > > association can develop a means of tracking potentially injurious
> > > > content, why can't we get it together, on this list, to agree on a
> > > > commonly appropriate filtering apparatus to eliminate obvious spam
>
> from
>
> > > > this list?
> > >
> > > People seem to keep assuming there's no filtering at all! We do have
> > > spamassassin running; it's just a matter of tweaking it (and, in the
> > > meantime, accepting that nothing's perfect).
> >
> > colin, thanks for the response, but given that a huge majority of the
> > spam that makes its way through the list filters emanates from .cn, .tw,
> > and
>
> .kr
>
> > domains, where there are obviously huge relay holes, what does it take to
> > have the list's spam guardians address the issue? the spam pollution on
>
> the
>
> > list has increased hugely over the last six months. who's responsible for
>
> the
>
> > filter?
> >
> > i'm not assuming that there's no filtering; rather wondering if the
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> filterer
>
> > is keeping up with current degree of infiltration. if i can help with
> > that task, let me know how.
> >
> > ben
> >
> >
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