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Re: debian-user list info and guidelines: spam



On 2021-01-25 08:11, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 01:03:07AM -0500, John Kaufmann wrote:
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?

It is common enough that it belongs in a FAQ.

Ah, you mean this:
On 2021-01-23 14:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
There is a comprehensive FAQ on the Debian Wiki which is in need of updating. https://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser

Despite the implicit invitation to all ;-) I'm not qualified to update that FAQ. Who is?

Some subscribers are using corporate (or even non-corporate) email systems that have aggressive filtering. ... For the record, as of
today, the email that I receive at this address undergoes no fewer
than *four* types of modifications before I see it ...

... And those are just the modifications that I know about, for the
messages I actually see.  ...

That's depressing; it suggests that, for all the attention it attracts, the problem is getting worse, not better.


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