On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:49:25 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:14, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > Anyway I agree with you that it would be chaotic if we > > had a babel list. But one mail every now and then is not > > that bad > > Every spammer says that one mail every now and then is not > that bad! > > The belief that you deserve to be the exception to the > rule because a small infraction that you commit won't > cause a problem as long as no-one else follows your > example is the signature of a spammer. > > > I did not join this discussion to bash the people who were > originally discussing in Portuguese. I joined in because > someone was suggesting that any language should be used (a > theory that is a logical extension of your suggestion that > a message every now and then is OK). > > > There are several potential approaches to dealing with > this problem. One approach is to configure a mail server > to silently discard all email from non-English speaking > countries. Another approach is to configure a mail server > to discard all email that has non-ASCII characters > (forcing some people to change the representation of their > name because it's normal spelling has accents or is > written in an alphabet with >26 characters). Both of > these methods are being actively used in the fight against > spam and could be adapted to deal with poly-lingual > mailing lists. > > I don't think that such a situation will benefit the > people who don't speak English. > Ok, I think we've past the point of producing something useful from this. I think we should end the thread. It was kind of fun anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
