>> >> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically >> >> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail >> >> posts to this list? >> > >> > I did that a long time ago for all of the Usenet groups I read >> > and all but one of the mailing lists I read. >> >> Wait, I misread the posting. I block everything from >> google.groups, not everything from gmail. > > Yes, I did that a long time ago as well. But now there seems to be > more and more actual spam coming from gmail.com itself. It may just be > a minor blip on the spam graph but I'm keeping my eye on it. > > Most mailing lists that I am on are pretty good at filtering spam > before it gets to the list. The only spam I ever see on my NetBSD > lists are the ones that I moderate and I block them before anyone else > sees them. A little more pain for me in return for a lot less pain for > everyone else. I guess that's not possible on a list that is gatewayed > to UseNet like this one is. > > Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have > to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over > ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always > felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group.
And this has to do with python programming in what way? You, sir, are incredibly funny :) Just 5 minutes ago you declared in a nearby thread that > It isn't about the Python programming language so it is off topic. So > what if some members have an interest? We have interest in a lot of > things. We all have interest in the hardware that our programs run on > but questions about hardware are also off topic. > > Perhaps you don't quite grasp the point of topical discussion groups. > They are a way of letting individuals decide for themselves what kind > of discussions they want to be involved in. By spamming the group this > way you take away that freedom of choice. It's ironic when it is done > in the name of freedom. Touche! Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
