On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:08:41PM -0500, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: anti-spam idea for this list > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 03:17:48AM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > > I will give up my keyboard and text mode interface when they pry it > > > from my cold dead fingers... > > > > I'm with you, there. > > > > > > - -- > > .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : :' : > > `. `'` proud Debian admin and user > > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system > > How about using ASCII art instead (a la figlet or somesuch)? > > $ figlet -w 72 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ _ _ _ ____ __ _ _ > (_)_ __ __| | ___ _ __ _ __(_) ___ ___| |_ / __ \ / _| |_| |__ > | | '__/ _` |/ _ \ '_ \| '__| |/ _ \/ __| __/ / _` | |_| __| '_ \ > | | | | (_| | __/ |_) | | | | __/\__ \ || | (_| | _| |_| |_) | > _/ |_| \__,_|\___| .__/|_| |_|\___||___/\__\ \__,_|_| \__|_.__(_) > |__/ |_| \____/ > > ___ ___ _ __ ___ > / __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ > | (_| (_) | | | | | | > \___\___/|_| |_| |_| > > Makes perfect sense to a human eye, but should foil spam harvester bots. > >
I see it just fine, but then I am sighted. I don't know how blind Debians access the list, but they do. I suppose they have something that does text to voice, or text to braille. Whatever it is, I doubt that it can handle figlet to voice/braille. I am not willing to leave these people behind, even though I happen to know none. I am not willing to poll the list, asking them to reveal themselves, so they can be counted. Maybe there are, at the moment, absolutely none. But there could be some, if we don't shut the door to them. Until recently, I have not been much bothered by spam. I have recently, been dropped from this list, because my mailbox filled with Swen stuff. So I am learning ways to cope, and reading posts that discuss ideas for coping. I'm getting mailfilter, and spamassassin working. The two seem to be dealing with the problem adequately, for me. Swen is not spam, but it has some of the properties of spam. Really controling it probably will require changes in the way email is implemented on the internet. This will require cooperation from people in the domain of the evil empire (whoever that is ;-). In the meantime, we make do. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
