on Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:49:20PM -0700, William Ballard (40414.nospam@comcast.net) wrote: FWIW: the increase is matching what I'm seeing delivered directly and/or through other lists. So I don't think Debian's specifically targetted. Though it *is* a pain, I'll grant. Current load is ~150-200 messages/day. > What steps are being taken to mitigate the significant increase in > spam getting through to the lists? It seems to have picked up > dramatically in the last two or three weeks. > > Is it fixable? Do I need to start giving up on Debian being able to > filter the spam? You might start taking note of significant contributors to the list, whitelisting these, and possibly filtering out messages from unknown or spammy sources with no reference to existing posts. Something of a harsh measure, but seems we're headed this way. > and do Bayesian filtering myself on mail I get from the lists? I > think I read that so far only Bayesian filtering works and "klecker" > can't handle it, so it's going to keep coming. The lists *are* filtered. It's just that some crap gets through. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? VAR with attitude -- Automation Access: http://www.aaxnet.com/
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