SPAM

[Luke Schierer]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:27:16AM -0400, Luke Schierer wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 02:40:20PM -0700, Bill Fassler wrote:
> > I'm sure everyone has noticed the annoying SPAM that is now being distributed by the mailing list.  Is someone working on stopping that?
> > 
> > Bill
> 
> The list is being filtered by spamprobe.  Between that, and my own local
> filtering, I am seeing zero spam.  I cannot tell how much of that is
> being caught at the server and how much by my local filtering.  
> 
> luke

Looking at the archive, I see exactly ONE piece of spam making it past
the server side filter.  This does not seem at all to be a significant
problem. 

Being an open list that anyone can post to has advantages and
disadvantages.  The primary advantage, as I see it, is that we get
feedback from anyone looking to report a problem or ask a question, not
just those willing to subscribe.  The primary disadvantage is that no
spam filtering system is 100% foolproof.  Without moderating everything,
it is guaranteed that at least a little spam will get through.

luke