Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 18:24, David wrote: > On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:01 am, cr wrote: > > On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > > >the only one getting this stuff? > > > > > > alex > > > > The polite term for it

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-01 Thread David
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 08:39 am, Wim De Smet wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:24:43 -0500 > > David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:01 am, cr wrote: > > > On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > > > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-01 Thread Wim De Smet
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:24:43 -0500 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:01 am, cr wrote: > > On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am > > > I the only one getting this stuff? > > > > > > alex > > >

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-01 Thread David
On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:01 am, cr wrote: > On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > >the only one getting this stuff? > > > > alex > > The polite term for it is 'Spam':( > > Nope, I'm getting it too. Most noti

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0400, alex wrote: > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > > the only one getting this stuff? > > Spam filtering on Debian lists was temporarily broken recently. And it shows how eff

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday 29 June 2003 13:20, Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > The problem is that this is meant to be a *user* list, and lots of users > don't know how to subscribe... therefore requiring subscription to post is > a no-no. I think what alex meant is the sudden flood of spam t

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Fri, June 27 at 1:39 PM EDT alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I >the only one getting this stuff? Can you quantify "a lot"? I get maybe 3 or 4 spam emails a week on this list, but sometimes I will go a week without any a

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread Dan Jones
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 13:39, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I >the only one getting this stuff? No. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0400, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > the only one getting this stuff? If it's addressed to the list, wouldn't it be safe to assume everyone else is as well? - -

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-30 Thread cr
On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I >the only one getting this stuff? > > alex The polite term for it is 'Spam':( Nope, I'm getting it too. Most noticeably the loony with his 60-K-sized posts about 'IEEP' an

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-29 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0400, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > the only one getting this stuff? Nope. Over the last few days I've been getting very little legitimate traffic from this list, and an unusually high proportion of junk

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-29 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0400, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > the only one getting this stuff? No, the list server had some major difficulties with it's spam filters last week. -- Jamin W. Collins To be nobody but yourself when

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:39:12PM -0400, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > the only one getting this stuff? Spam filtering on Debian lists was temporarily broken recently. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-06-29 Thread Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corsetti Dutra
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:39:12 -0400, alex wrote: > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I >the only one getting this stuff? No you aren't. The problem is that this is meant to be a *user* list, and lots of users don't know how to subscribe... the