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Index of Subjects Hi All! On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Michael J. Cormier wrote: > I told this to David but he wishes to try it open and see if anything > explodes/blow up/etc... The way David explained to me is that if Spam is > still getting through it shouldn't and he's going to try and stop it. Whew ... this is a tall order! ;-> I seriously pursue SPAM violations. Even though I run a large series of spam filters (via .procmail) on my account, still a vast number get through since spammers are so adept at utilizing open relays in places like China, Korea, Nepal, India, etc. As soon as I put a filter to catch one, like a hydra, another one pops up. In the forseable future I can't imagine any filters that would cut it all out. My poistion (as EIC) was that it was better that I dealt with it and sent it to /dev/null rather than having it re-distributed to to all the editors subscribers and in the past [pre-restricted post era] several editors voiced strong concerns about the amount of spam that this list generated in their mailboxes. One fellow even quit because of this (I'll name no names). I took this as a serious concern > My thing was that the MOTD says to send mail to the editors list about > the new changes to the Homepage, problem is anything that anyone sends > bounces to me. But this is the list that that info should go to. Agreed. I know it can be a pain forwarding these messages back to majordomo, however, this should only be for the short term (part of the price of being the EIC? ;->). In the past year+ the spam/legitimate post ratio of the editors list has been (I would conservatively say) at least 5:1. > Thoughts David? Ditto? ;-> Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> Editor: Culture & Philosophy - Chebucto Community Net, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture.html "Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love and of thought, which, in the course of centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved." -- Andre Malraux, 1957 _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.
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