Chris Howie([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Jan 8, 2008 2:32 PM, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maybe it's time to revisit the idea of allowing only members to post? > > > > Or people could stop talking about it and get back to their lives, since it > was fixed some hours ago. >
Your right Chris. This seems to come up at least once a year. People complaining about too much spam on the list and what the 'list admins' should do about it. It very sad. Because I am on dialup, I got real tired of the spam I was getting on all of my mail accounts. I searched for a cure and, at the time, found it in the debian mailfilter package. It cut the spam getting through SA by 90% at first, and got better as I 'taught' it to get smarter. Mailfilter, for those that don't know, deletes the spam at the ISP, so I don't have to download it. A new mailfilter type program came out 2-3 years ago. It improves on the mailfilter (headers only) method by including a mail body check. The program is called murx <http://murx.sourceforge.net> and since installing it and improving my filter rules I have not seen the increase in spam that those of you that are complaining are seeing. In fact, my logs show more messages compiling about spam, then spam messages. About a 5-6 to 1 ratio. This is Linux. Why should people expect someone else to filter spam for us when we can do it ourselves. I don't use the spam filters offered by my (windbloz based) ISP. I use Linux tools to do it. BTW the same spam that 'was' getting through my filters on D-U were on most of my other debian lists as well. The spammers are getting clever, they go to the most popular mailing lists, first. I can't understand why anyone would give up the D-U list, with all of its great information, just because of a bit of spam. Take some time to improve your knowledge of the tools offered by this fantastic OS, and get on with enjoying it. Remember, the tools are on the OS and the help you need is right here on D-U. Happy New Year Gals and Guys! Wayne -- Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
