Re: [spam subject elided] (fwd)

Jim Popovitch <[email protected]> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:14:15 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.user.laptop
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 11:28 -0700, Lou wrote:
> Two observations:
> 
> 1. By my count, post "about spam" have generated more clutter than
> the spam I have observed. 

Ack.  But maybe this time the outcome will be productive.

> Spam here are noticeably less than on other BB, email list, forums I
> monitor/moderate.

BB == Bulletin Board?  Web based bulletin boards and forums?  That's a
whole other can of worms^Wspam, but is a legitimate problem worth of
attention (have you looked into implementing plugins that support some
of the DBLs that help fight that plague?

> 2. One disadvantages of "zero spam" in a BB/mail-list with world wide 
> members is the high prospect of false positives.  The possibility of 
> penalizing a contributor based on their ISP or neighborhood would be 
> counter productive.

Can you cite an example where a legitimate contributor's email was
blocked based on their ISP or neighborhood where 1) the ISP wasn't
voluntarily listed in the PBL, and 2) the "neighborhood" was not a known
cesspool of spammers?

-Jim P.

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