Re: [ot] spam on ding.

[Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Maciej Matysiak wrote:
> On the 24th of February 2002 at 05:16, "Jason R. Mastaler"
> <jason-dated-1015215420.8e8b50@mastaler.com> wrote:

[...]

>>> sounds reasonable for me. what was lars' opinion?
>> I think Lars derives satisfaction from canceling SPAM off the news
>> server.  :-)
> 
> that's not good solution, because you see the spam anyways. and then
> we have junk messages in list archives (which can be deleted, but
> that's another waste of someone's resources).

You might consider using a personal solution to the problem such as TDMA[1]
or SpamAssassin[2] to filter your personal email for SPAM before it
reaches you.

I use SpamAssassin myself and find it quite effective. I don't block
based on it's results but, if you wish, it can be configured to reject
mail as early as the SMTP transaction, should you chose it.

This also has the advantage of not irritating the living daylights out
of some people, such as myself, who respond to a mechanical challenge to
prove my identity by ignoring it.

Not to mention the advantage in terms of keeping the mailing list open
to posters who are not subscribed which, I note, have included some
fairly key XEmacs and Emacs people who contributed very valuable
analysis and design.

        Daniel

Footnotes: 
[1]  Which may or may not be able to do much for you; I don't really know.

[2]  <http://spamassassin.taint.org/>

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