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Re: Look at these update from M$ Corporation.



On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 02:04:28AM -0700, Alan Connor wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 01:36:14AM -0500, Jesse Meyer wrote:
> > > Spam tends to be an automated, bulk emailing of addresses, but not
> > > all
> > 
> > Yup. For example, I can guarantee you that the people operating the
> > Debian bug tracking system don't always bother to respond to
> > "challenges". If people don't want BTS mail, that's their problem;
> > we don't have time to babysit that sort of thing.
> 
> Anyone with a C-R program would just put the bug-tracking addresses on
> their pass list.
> 
> 
> That's how C-R programs work. The bug-track folks wouldn't even know
> it was operating.

Speaking as one of the bug tracking system maintainers in question, I
can tell you that this is not universal practice.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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