On Jan 9, 2008 3:59 PM, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I was trying to get a resolution to the problem of how to set up
> bogofilter to
> deal with mailing list spam, not deliberately attract spammers. A link to
> a
> known mailing list that wasn't too bothered about spam on their list would
> have been usefull though, as the Debian guys have resolved the spam flood
> problem.
>

I didn't know that's what you were looking for; now I do.  You rushed to the
assumption that I was trying to be obnoxious, or at least that's how your
reply came across, while my message was intended to be nothing of the sort.

I don't believe I am wound up. Some time back we had an influx of spam on
> the
> list, and I thought I'd fixed it within bogofilter. The spam mails to the
> list were stopped by the Debian guys, so it was difficult to know if what
> I
> had done had fixed it or not. The latest flood of spam from the list
> showed
> that I hadn't fixed it, as it was all turning up in my Debian mailbox.
> Some
> folks were indicating that they used bogofilter, which is why I posted
> this
> question.
>

I understand this, but your reaction was akin to a slap in the face after I
simply tried to be somewhat humorous while providing what I thought was a
helpful suggestion.  I ask you to reread my post in this light.


> Also please don't top post. Reading an answer before a question is not
> easy.
>

Noted.  (I usually do this, though I am admittedly a bit lazy today.)

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Chris Howie
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