Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-04-22 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:54:11AM -0500, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > > > "cvr" == chuq von rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > cvr> yup. and until the spam goes away, that'll continue, > cvr> too. > > Our Exim administrator has installed the filters suggested by Marc > Merlin (tha

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread Phydeaux
At 05:53 PM 3/30/2001 -0800, Dave Melton wrote: >Let's develop the analogy here... > >An airport security system can be likened to restricting posts >to list subscribers. Sure, we all have to stand in line and >occasionally empty our pockets before we can get on a plane. >This is a minor inconve

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread Dave Melton
Let's develop the analogy here... An airport security system can be likened to restricting posts to list subscribers. Sure, we all have to stand in line and occasionally empty our pockets before we can get on a plane. This is a minor inconvenience, but a lot less annoying than getting blow

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread J C Lawrence
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:24:30 -0500 reb wrote: > At 03:29 PM 3/30/2001 -0800, J C Lawrence wrote: >> Without questioning the boundaries of topic or religion on this >> one, there's also the argument that allowing spammers to control >> and alter our behaviour, and thereby granting them that pow

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread Phydeaux
At 03:29 PM 3/30/2001 -0800, J C Lawrence wrote: >Without questioning the boundaries of topic or religion on this one, >there's also the argument that allowing spammers to control and >alter our behaviour, and thereby granting them that power and >influence over us is fundamentally WRONG and that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread J C Lawrence
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:11:58 -0800 chuq von rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday, March 30, 2001, at 11:05 AM, Ron Echeverri wrote: >> I disagree. Since we can't control spammers, perhaps we should >> simply control ourselves, and instead of complaining about the >> spam, we should s

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread chuq von rospach
On Friday, March 30, 2001, at 11:05 AM, Ron Echeverri wrote: > I disagree. Since we can't control spammers, perhaps we should simply > control ourselves, and instead of complaining about the spam, we > should simply delete it. I If you go home at night and smell gas, do you solve the problem

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread Ron Echeverri
chuq von rospach wrote: On Thursday, March 29, 2001, at 11:41 AM, alex wetmore wrote: > In the past couple of weeks there have been many more messages > complaining about the spam then spam itself... yup. and until the spam goes away, that'll continue, too. Which is another reason to m

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-30 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "cvr" == chuq von rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: cvr> yup. and until the spam goes away, that'll continue, cvr> too. Our Exim administrator has installed the filters suggested by Marc Merlin (thanks Marc). Let's see if that staunches the flow of spam. -Barry --

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread JC Dill
On 11:03 AM 3/29/01, Phydeaux wrote: >The spam is *quite* easy for a human to detect. I hereby volunteer for >duty if called Me to! jc -- Real courtesy requires human effort and understanding. Never let your machine or your habit send courtesy copies. ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread chuq von rospach
On Thursday, March 29, 2001, at 11:41 AM, alex wetmore wrote: > In the past couple of weeks there have been many more messages > complaining about the spam then spam itself... > yup. and until the spam goes away, that'll continue, too. Which is another reason to make the spam go away -- becau

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread alex wetmore
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Phydeaux wrote: > The spam is *quite* easy for a human to detect. I hereby volunteer for > duty if called In the past couple of weeks there have been many more messages complaining about the spam then spam itself... alex ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread Phydeaux
At 12:18 PM 3/29/2001 -0600, Robert Brandtjen wrote: >I have an idea, lets all spam the spammers. > >Better yet, rebuild your sendmail to use the blackhole list and get these >arses on the black hole list. Why not turn moderation for the list ON -- so only subscribers can post? Then, let a few o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread Robert Brandtjen
on 3/29/01 12:42 PM, Aleksandra Witkowska at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Blackhole list? When you use m4 to compile sendmail's config file, it has an option to check the senders domain/ip against a list that is maintained against spammers - who seem to have discovered the usefulness of this list.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

2001-03-29 Thread Robert Brandtjen
I have an idea, lets all spam the spammers. Better yet, rebuild your sendmail to use the blackhole list and get these arses on the black hole list. Rob -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ma

[Mailman-Users] Personal Trainer

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