On 22.07.2020 15:00, Christian Heimes wrote:
> Hi MAL,
>
> would it be possible to reduce the amount of EuroPython spam on
> @python.org mailing lists to a sensible level? This mailing list is a
> general discussion list for the Python programming language. It's not a
> conference advertisement li
On 23Jul2020 10:39, Christian Heimes wrote:
>On 23/07/2020 02.12, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> I have never attended EuroPython and probably never will (I'm on the
>> other side of the planet) but I'm still interested. Rather than
>> subscribe to every conference thing, getting them here is very
>> c
On 23/07/2020 20:39, Christian Heimes wrote:
On 23/07/2020 02.12, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 22Jul2020 15:00, Christian Heimes wrote:
...
would it be possible to reduce the amount of EuroPython spam on
@python.org mailing lists to a sensible level? This mailing list is a
general discussion li
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 6:40 PM Christian Heimes wrote:
> I'm not disputing the fact that a conference can use the generic Python
> users list for announcements. It's the fact that EP is literally
> spamming the list with threads like "Opening our merchandise shop",
> "Find a new job", "Introducin
On 23/07/2020 02.12, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 22Jul2020 15:00, Christian Heimes wrote:
>> Hi MAL,
>>
>> would it be possible to reduce the amount of EuroPython spam on
>> @python.org mailing lists to a sensible level? This mailing list is a
>> general discussion list for the Python programming
On 22Jul2020 15:00, Christian Heimes wrote:
>Hi MAL,
>
>would it be possible to reduce the amount of EuroPython spam on
>@python.org mailing lists to a sensible level? This mailing list is a
>general discussion list for the Python programming language. It's not a
>conference advertisement list.
>
My first bet at the culprit is the space between the % and (message)s, they
should be together like you have them for asctime.
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From: Python-list
[mailto:python-list-bounces+david.raymond=tomtom@python.org] On Behalf Of
synch1...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, Septemb
"Peter J. Holzer" writes:
> ...
> I didn't read on Gmane. I read on my usenet server. But the broken
> messages were all coming from Gmane.
I am reading with an NNTP client connected to the Gmane NNTP server and
and threading works - with very rare exceptions.
The exeptions are so rare, that they
On 2018-05-22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> I didn't read on Gmane. I read on my usenet server. But the broken
> messages were all coming from Gmane. It is possible that the breakage
> only occurs when Gmane passes the message to other Usenet servers,
> although I have no idea how that could happen (
On 2018-05-22 20:42:43 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2018-05-22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > On 2018-05-21 15:42:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> >> I switched from Usenet to Gmane mainly because references headers are
> >> bit more consistent on Gmane, so threading works somewhat better.
> >
>
On 2018-05-22, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> On 2018-05-21 15:42:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> I switched from Usenet to Gmane mainly because references headers are
>> bit more consistent on Gmane, so threading works somewhat better.
>
> This is interesting, because Gmane was the reason I switched
On 2018-05-21 15:42:28 +, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I switched from Usenet to Gmane mainly because references headers are
> bit more consistent on Gmane, so threading works somewhat better.
This is interesting, because Gmane was the reason I switched from
reading on usenet to reading the mailingl
m wrote:
> W dniu 10.02.2018 o 15:57, C W Rose pisze:
>> No other groups (in the limited set which I read) have the problem,
>> and I don't understand why the spammers neither spam a range of
>> groups, nor change their adddresses more frequently. It may be
>> that destroying comp.lang.python is
On 2018-05-21, José María Mateos wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 10:00:41AM +0200, m wrote:
>> I also almost stopped reading c.l.python, because of enormous spam
>> levels. Do I have any option to read it without spam, other than launch
>> my own filtering NNTP server and do whack the mole game f
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 10:00:41AM +0200, m wrote:
> I also almost stopped reading c.l.python, because of enormous spam
> levels. Do I have any option to read it without spam, other than launch
> my own filtering NNTP server and do whack the mole game for myself?
>
> Maybe join forces and establis
W dniu 10.02.2018 o 15:57, C W Rose pisze:
> No other groups (in the limited set which I read) have the problem,
> and I don't understand why the spammers neither spam a range of
> groups, nor change their adddresses more frequently. It may be
> that destroying comp.lang.python is their actual obj
> They are literally criminals, they use computer viruses and malware to
> hijack people's computers to send their spam, and you want to trust them
> and buy from them?
this was probably a "Drive By" posy to get the original spam more
attention & possibly bypass spam filters
--
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On 01/04/17 16:15, Mario R. Osorio wrote:
I'm not in the business of starting an argument about best/worse newsreader,
Ammammata, but could you please recommend a few?
Mozilla Thunderbird works very well. Spam is close to nothing using this
free nntp server: news.aioe.org
Regards
--
Chol
Il giorno Sat 01 Apr 2017 09:15:41p, *Mario R. Osorio* ha inviato su
comp.lang.python il messaggio
news:d0e9d036-2924-4c2c-99b1-0d8cb02b9...@googlegroups.com. Vediamo cosa
ha scritto:
> I'm not in the business of starting an argument about best/worse
> newsreader, Ammammata, but could you please
I'm not in the business of starting an argument about best/worse newsreader,
Ammammata, but could you please recommend a few?
TIA
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Il giorno Fri 31 Mar 2017 10:27:54a, *Ricardo A Baila* ha inviato su
comp.lang.python il messaggio
news:058a9744-44bf-4e6b-ae1d-28e1e348e...@googlegroups.com. Vediamo cosa
ha scritto:
> User-Agent: G2/1.0
>
> Could someone remove wucbad...@gmx.com from the group?
>
you better switch to a decen
On 3/31/2017 5:07 AM, Lele Gaifax wrote:
Ricardo A Baila writes:
Are you reading through Google Groups?
Could someone remove wucbad...@gmx.com from the group?
Strange, I could not see such messages, neither in the newsgroup (gmane) nor
on the ML archives.
If so, send your request to the
Ricardo A Baila writes:
> Could someone remove wucbad...@gmx.com from the group?
Strange, I could not see such messages, neither in the newsgroup (gmane) nor
on the ML archives.
Are you sure you are not receiving those as private messages?
ciao, lele.
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Le vendredi 31 mars 2017 10:28:08 UTC+2, Ricardo A Baila a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> Could someone remove wucbad...@gmx.com from the group?
>
> Thanks
> Ricardo
And johnnypopo...@gmx.com as well.
Didn't go deep on the issue but could it be @gmx.com the issue?
Or at least, as the message is always
On Tuesday 07 March 2017 01:00:41 Greg Couch wrote:
> On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:08:44 AM UTC-8, Andrew Zyman wrote:
> > Why is this group have such an obscene number of spam posts ?
> > I'm subscribed to a few other google groups and this is the only one
> > that has this issue.
>
> If you d
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 8:08:44 AM UTC-8, Andrew Zyman wrote:
> Why is this group have such an obscene number of spam posts ?
> I'm subscribed to a few other google groups and this is the only one that has
> this issue.
If you do use google groups, please "Report abuse" for these messages.
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 2:28:04 PM UTC-5, bream...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 4:08:44 PM UTC, Andrew Zyman wrote:
> > Why is this group have such an obscene number of spam posts ?
> > I'm subscribed to a few other google groups and this is the only one that
> > has this
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 4:08:44 PM UTC, Andrew Zyman wrote:
> Why is this group have such an obscene number of spam posts ?
> I'm subscribed to a few other google groups and this is the only one that has
> this issue.
The bulk having lots of block capitals and in Italian? Been happening fo
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Andrew Zyman wrote:
>> Or the mailing list, depending on how you like to read things. The
>> list has some additional filtering and moderation, which I appreciate.
>>
>> ChrisA
>
>
> you mean on python.org ?
Yeah. You can sign up here:
https://mail.python.org/mail
On Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 1:39:54 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:31 AM, Cholo Lennon wrote:
> > Google groups act like a "web frontend" for nntp protocol (on which this
> > group is based). I suppose Google doesn't filter spam messages in its
> > interface. Try usin
On 02/03/17 13:08, Andrew Zyman wrote:
Why is this group have such an obscene number of spam posts ?
I'm subscribed to a few other google groups and this is the only one that has
this issue.
Google groups act like a "web frontend" for nntp protocol (on which this
group is based). I suppose G
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:31 AM, Cholo Lennon wrote:
> Google groups act like a "web frontend" for nntp protocol (on which this
> group is based). I suppose Google doesn't filter spam messages in its
> interface. Try using a newsreader like Mozilla Thunderbird and point it to a
> news server. In my
On 2016-12-31 22:35, Deborah Swanson wrote:
Peter Otten wrote:
Deborah Swanson wrote:
> Here I have a real mess, in my opinion:
[corrected code:]
> if len(l1[st]) == 0:
> if len(l2[st]) > 0:
> l1[st] = l2[st]
> elif len(l2[st]) == 0:
> i
On 5/29/2016 4:10 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sun, May 29, 2016, at 14:14, Terry Reedy wrote:
Spam missed by the normally excellent spam filter. Ignore it.
Blasted directly to this, and several other python related lists.
The source address is NOT in the email headers, and I'm sure that is n
On Sunday 29 May 2016 14:23:27 Random832 wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2016, at 14:14, Terry Reedy wrote:
> > Spam missed by the normally excellent spam filter. Ignore it.
>
> I didn't actually see the original message. Maybe it was sent directly
> to you (and perhaps other users, but not me) with a f
On Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 11:55:04 AM UTC-7, Peter Pearson wrote:
>
> No, it reached me, too, through NNTP.
I also saw it, through the Google Groups gateway.
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On Sun, 29 May 2016 14:23:27 -0400, Random832 wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2016, at 14:14, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> Spam missed by the normally excellent spam filter. Ignore it.
>
> I didn't actually see the original message. Maybe it was sent directly
> to you (and perhaps other users, but not me) with
On Sun, May 29, 2016, at 14:14, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Spam missed by the normally excellent spam filter. Ignore it.
I didn't actually see the original message. Maybe it was sent directly
to you (and perhaps other users, but not me) with a forged header
implying it came from the list?
--
https://m
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 08/03/2014 03:49, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 2:21 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it's better if you (CENSORED) off.
>>
>>
>> Teddybubu, please understand that the above comment is from a spammer
>> and does not reflec
On 30/12/2013 19:12, Terry Reedy wrote:
In the last week, python list received the following from google-groups.
vbf...@gmail.com via google-groups
NOW Watch Hot Sexy Star Aishwarya rai Bathing Videos In All Angles
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/749545
hussainc1...@gmail.c
On 24/06/2013 15:22, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2013-06-22, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:49:51 +0100, MRAB wrote:
On 21/06/2013 21:44, Rick Johnson wrote:
[...]
Which in Python would be the "MutableArgumentWarning".
*school-
Dnia 2013-01-25, pią o godzinie 20:41 -0800, Angel pisze:
> but the real displayed fonts in the window are smaller (default size of 12,
> maybe).
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> A.
>
Did you tried this by simple:
---
root = Tk()
root.option_add('*
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:08:58 -0800, Robert Miles wrote:
> It now takes two people reporting the same spam to get google groups to
> do much about it. I just reported this one as well, though.
Speaking of spam, googlegroups, and other annoyances, please don't CC
python-list@python.org as well as
On Sunday, November 18, 2012 8:18:53 PM UTC-6, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 18/11/2012 19:31, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> > The question was raised as to how much spam comes from googlegroups.
>
> I don't know the answer but I take the greatest pleasure in hurtling
> onto the dread googlegroups and gman
On Sunday 18 November 2012 21:18:16 Robert Miles did opine:
> On Sunday, November 18, 2012 1:35:00 PM UTC-6, Terry Reedy wrote:
> > The question was raised as to how much spam comes from googlegroups.
> >
> > Not all, but more that half, I believe. This one does.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: MoneyMak
On 18/11/2012 19:31, Terry Reedy wrote:
The question was raised as to how much spam comes from googlegroups.
I don't know the answer but I take the greatest pleasure in hurtling
onto the dread googlegroups and gmane to report spam. Thankfully it's
easy as the amount I receive via gmane is ef
On Sunday, November 18, 2012 1:35:00 PM UTC-6, Terry Reedy wrote:
> The question was raised as to how much spam comes from googlegroups.
>
> Not all, but more that half, I believe. This one does.
>
>
>
> From: MoneyMaker
>
> ...
>
> Message-ID: <2d2a0b98-c587-4459-9489-680b1ddc4...@googlegro
On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:11:28 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:57 PM, wrote:
>> Why do people add character like [* SPAM *] to their subject
>> lines ?? Is it supposed to do something ?? I figured since
>> programmers hang out here, maybe one of you know this.
>
David wrote:
> If you click the "more options" link, there is an option in the sub-
> menu to report a post as spam. You can also forward it along with the
> offending e-mail address to s...@uce.gov
What "more options" link? Are you referring to a specific program? If so,
which?
Remember, peopl
If you click the "more options" link, there is an option in the sub-
menu to report a post as spam. You can also forward it along with the
offending e-mail address to s...@uce.gov
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Ghodmode wrote:
> I hope it's clear that reading an email doesn't constitute visiting all of
> the sites linked in the email and therefore doesn't improve Google page
> ranks or provide any other tracking information. Also note that the
> original email didn't have
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:17 AM, harrismh777 wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
>>> > other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below.
>>>
>> Thanks for that! I missed it the first time, so it is very helpful for you
>> t
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
> other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below.
Thanks for that! I missed it the first time, so it is very helpful for you
to forward it. It's especially helpful that you included all the spammer
I agree, the Bollywood spam sucks. There's not even any boobies!
On Aug 1, 2011 4:16 AM, "Steven D'Aprano" <
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Ghodmode wrote:
>
>> I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
>> other lists I subscribe to. There's an example belo
Ghodmode wrote:
> I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
> other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below.
Thanks for that! I missed it the first time, so it is very helpful for you
to forward it. It's especially helpful that you included all the spammer's
URLs
Chris Rebert wrote:
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Ghodmode wrote:
I'm wondering how the list is managed. Can anyone post, or only
members?
Since we're gatewayed to USENET's comp.lang.python anyway, I'd
strongly suspect the former.
You may get a better experience by reading the usenet g
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Ghodmode wrote:
> I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
> other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below.
>
> I'm wondering how the list is managed. Can anyone post, or only
> members?
Since we're gatewayed to USENET's comp.la
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Ghodmode wrote:
> I'm willing, but probably not qualified. I've been lurking on the
> list for a while, but I don't contribute much because I'm not very
> proficient with Python.
>
I don't see Python proficiency as a prerequisite for recognizing
spammers :) If you
On 2011-04-07, Nobody wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:03:31 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this
>> is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam
>> on...
>
> Bear in mind that the mailing list has a bidirecti
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:03:31 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this
> is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam
> on...
Bear in mind that the mailing list has a bidirectional gateway to the
comp.lang.python ne
On Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:03:31 AM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this
> is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam
> on...
My impression is that there is much more spam on comp.lang.python than on the
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-Original Message-
From: python-list-bounces+jasons=adventureaquarium@python.org
[mailto:python-list-bounces+jasons=adventureaquarium@python.org] On Behalf
Of Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:24 PM
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: [SPAM] - Re: Co
In article ,
Emile van Sebille wrote:
>On 2/24/2010 1:52 PM Arnaud Delobelle said...
>> a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>>
>>> That seems to miss the point to some extent. If I post my recipe for
>>> spinach lasagne here, is that spam?
>>
>> Are they really good? Sounds good, spinach lasag
On 2/24/2010 1:52 PM Arnaud Delobelle said...
a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
That seems to miss the point to some extent. If I post my recipe for
spinach lasagne here, is that spam?
Are they really good? Sounds good, spinach lasagne, I don't know a
recipe for them. Maybe you could post
>
> If you like, but I tend to interpret "meta-" as idempotent. It's easier on
> my aspirin budget.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
And here I thought it was little blue pills for idempotentcy...
Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% fatality rate. -- brazzy
Auburn fans are like slinkys
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> (That last response is aimed at a generic You, not Ben specifically.
> Stupid English language, why can't we have a word for generic you?)
I thought the word was "one".
--
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:39:08 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
>
>> Spam is better defined as unsolicited bulk messaging. Whether it's
>> commercial in nature is irrelevant. The content is relevant only in that
>> it's unsolicited by the vast majority of its many recipients.
>
> N
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:39:08 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Spam is better defined as unsolicited bulk messaging. Whether it's
> > commercial in nature is irrelevant. The content is relevant only in
> > that it's unsolicited by the vast majority of its many recipients.
>
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:39:08 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Spam is better defined as unsolicited bulk messaging. Whether it's
> commercial in nature is irrelevant. The content is relevant only in that
> it's unsolicited by the vast majority of its many recipients.
Not quite.
I've read tens of thous
In article <874ol65ep8@benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney wrote:
>a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>> In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
>> Ben Finney wrote:
>>>
>>>Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its distribution
>>>(to many people, e.g. via a forum like this on
On 2010-02-24 18:39 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
Steve Holden writes:
Spam is, at least from my point of view, UCE: unsolicited commercial
e-mail. So anything that isn't commercial (like those "send these to
ten of your friends" emails) isn't spam (but it might just as well
be).
That excludes thing
a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
> Ben Finney wrote:
> >Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its distribution
> >(to many people, e.g. via a forum like this one) and its content
> >(off-topic and unsolicited).
[…]
> Moreover, by
Steve Holden writes:
> Spam is, at least from my point of view, UCE: unsolicited commercial
> e-mail. So anything that isn't commercial (like those "send these to
> ten of your friends" emails) isn't spam (but it might just as well
> be).
That excludes things like the religious screeds, or any o
On 2010-02-24 17:01 PM, Aahz wrote:
In article,
Steve Holden wrote:
Spam is, at least from my point of view, UCE: unsolicited commercial
e-mail. So anything that isn't commercial (like those "send these to ten
of your friends" emails) isn't spam (but it might just as well be).
That's roughl
Neil Hodgson wrote:
> Steve Holden:
>
>> Spam is, at least from my point of view, UCE: unsolicited commercial
>> e-mail.
>
>Spam is more commonly defined as UBE (Unsolicited Bulk Email) of
> which UCE is a large subset. Its just as much spam if its pushing a
> political party or charity even
Steve Holden:
> Spam is, at least from my point of view, UCE: unsolicited commercial
> e-mail.
Spam is more commonly defined as UBE (Unsolicited Bulk Email) of
which UCE is a large subset. Its just as much spam if its pushing a
political party or charity even though there may be no commercial
In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney wrote:
>a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>
>> Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
>
>Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its
>distribution (to many people, e.g. via a foru
In article ,
Steve Holden wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>> In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
>> Ben Finney wrote:
>>> a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
>>>
>>> Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or p
a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
> Ben Finney wrote:
>>a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>>
>>> Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
>>
>>Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its
Aahz wrote:
> In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
> Ben Finney wrote:
>> a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>> Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
>> Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its
>> distribution (to many peopl
In article <87sk8r5v2f@benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney wrote:
>a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>
>> Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
>
>Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its
>distribution (to many people, e.g. via a foru
On 2010-02-23 22:09 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2010-02-24, Robert Kern wrote:
comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion
Which doesn't exist and never will. Sorry, but
meta-discussions about the group are typically on-topic for
all groups with some few exceptions (e.g. non-discussion,
bin
On 2010-02-24, Robert Kern wrote:
>> comp.lang.python.spam_prevention_discussion
>
> Which doesn't exist and never will. Sorry, but
> meta-discussions about the group are typically on-topic for
> all groups with some few exceptions (e.g. non-discussion,
> binary-only groups with associated .d gr
On 2010-02-23 20:22 , Lie Ryan wrote:
On 02/24/10 12:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
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 a
On 02/24/10 12:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
>
>>> 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 dimi
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
>> 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 i
On 02/24/10 11:21, Aahz wrote:
> In article ,
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST)
>> Joan Miller wrote:
>>>
>>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important*
>>
>> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically
>> increased in the
a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam.
Non sequitur. Spam is spam, not by who authors or posts it, but by its
distribution (to many people, e.g. via a forum like this one) and its
content (off-topic and unsolicited).
The messa
In article ,
D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST)
>Joan Miller wrote:
>>
>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important*
>
>Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically
>increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking a
In article <20100223182923.4d259d12.da...@druid.net>,
"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote:
> And just to bring this back on topic, I did do a test and found that
> splitting my mailbox between Python mailing list messages and Python
> newsgroup messages did not indicate that that was a good barometer of
> s
this image is appropriate:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pS7sKjlzwFg/SwhG1S901pI/Eiw/XSm93RIY2WE/s400/kelso-burn.jpg
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
> >> >> increase
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100
Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> And this has to do with python programming in what way?
Are you new? Meta discussions about lists are generally considered
on-topic for the list.
> You, sir, are incredibly funny :)
Yes, I am. That however is NOT on topic. :-)
An
>> >> 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.
>>
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:31:12 + (UTC)
Grant Edwards 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
On 2010-02-23, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2010-02-23, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST)
>> Joan Miller wrote:
>>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important*
>>
>> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically
>> increased in th
On 2010-02-23, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST)
> Joan Miller wrote:
>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important*
>
> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically
> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blockin
Someone Something wrote:
> I have a irc spam bot (only testing on my channel :P ) whose main loop is
> the following:
Poor choice of words on your part. Anything spam-related is evil and
will not get a response.
That said, "IRC bots" are certainly okay and common, and are useful
tools. Some are
anyone?
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Someone Something wrote:
>
>
> I'm just testing it on my channel! I promise! Besides, I'm doing it to
> learn about sockets! Please!
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Krister Svanlund <
> krister.svanl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:06:50 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Grant Edwards writes:
>> On 2009-10-20, Peter Pearson wrote:
>>
>> > Reported to Google's groups-abuse.
>>
>> What are these postings supposed to mean?
>
> That the posting which started the thread (which you may or may not have
> seen, so i
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