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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Daniel Fetchinson < fetchin...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> >> 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 >
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