On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:53:06 +0100
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nope; debian-chinese-big5, debian-chinese-gb, debian-japanese, and
> debian-user-indonesian all exist. (Does Indonesian count?)
o.O Whoops.
> In general I think you should direct suggestions for improvement of the
>
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:23:08PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:12:20 +0100
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Newsflash: they are. They're just not perfect, unfortunately.
>
> I am aware of that. I just wonder why, for example, we're getting
> asian spam here
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:32:23 -0700
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's not a binary, it's ASCII. And what you say applies only if
> you're sending to morons who open every binary attachment without
> fail, or take the opposite (and equally harmful) view and strip every
> attachment with
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:16:26PM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> > Because your average /var/log/XFree86.0.log is longer than 2K ;-)
>
> Don't send it as an attachment - inline it. Malware must be sent as an
> attachment - information can be p
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:12:20 +0100
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Newsflash: they are. They're just not perfect, unfortunately.
I am aware of that. I just wonder why, for example, we're getting asian
spam here when my filters hit it as spam up to 8 with undesirable languages
on. A
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:03:46AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:46:29 -0400
> Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For your sanity, I recommend using a bayesian filter[1] and training it
> > to recognize such noise as spam and filter the spam into a junk
> > buc
On 20 Aug 2003 20:16:26 -0400
Bret Comstock Waldow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't send it as an attachment - inline it. Malware must be sent as an
> attachment - information can be put in the body (although someone might
> want to send a screen capture or something).
Because the average m
I suspect these lists are running spam filters but they can never get up
to the same hit rate as personal filters: One can simply not take the
risk of false-positives on a list since that basically denies access to a
list. Hence, there will always remain a certain amount of
false-negatives pr
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 04:31, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:10, Carl Fink wrote:
> > How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages
> > that contain attachments over 2K? (Exception there to cover PGP
> > signatures.)
>
> Because your average /var/log/XFr
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 15:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A very old and worn out discussion is: why not make the lists subscriber
> only?
>
> Is there another reason other than too much traffic?
>
> As for too much traffic, what I have done is subscribe, post requesting
> to get a Cc: and then
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:46:29 -0400
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For your sanity, I recommend using a bayesian filter[1] and training it
> to recognize such noise as spam and filter the spam into a junk
> bucket.
I've always wondered why the lists aren't running Bayesian f
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:31:58AM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:10, Carl Fink wrote:
> > How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages
> > that contain attachments over 2K? (Exception there to cover PGP
> > signatures.)
>
> Because your average
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 04:10, Carl Fink wrote:
> How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages
> that contain attachments over 2K? (Exception there to cover PGP
> signatures.)
Because your average /var/log/XFree86.0.log is longer than 2K ;-)
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:46:29PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> For your sanity, I recommend using a bayesian filter[1] and training it
> to recognize such noise as spam and filter the spam into a junk
> bucket.
How about this list silently discarding (or bouncing) all messages
that cont
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