Re: debian-user list info and guidelines: spam

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 01/25/2021 12:03 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
> On 2021-01-23 14:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > debian-user is a mailing list provided for support for Debian 
> > users,and to facilitate discussion on relevant topics.
> > ...
> > There is a comprehensive FAQ on the Debian Wiki which is in need of 
> > updating.
> > https://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
>
> Your post provides a hook to ask about a question that arises 
> sporadically: Probably less than one a month I receive from Debian 
> Listmaster Team <listmaster@lists.debian.org> a message 
> "lists.debian.org has received bounces from you". Invariably it reads:
> > In the last seven days we've seen bounces for the following list:
> > * debian-user
> >     1 bounce out of <nn> mails in one day (<x>%, kick-score is 80%)
>
> First: How common is this occurrence for others?

I see about the same frequency. It is typically only a single message.
When I click on the link to the problem email I easily identify it as 
spam. I don't know if automatic filtering of posts to various Debian 
lists would be feasible.