Re: spam/phishing on gotmail list

Tom Duffy wrote:

>Get a spam filter.
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>

Will there be a spam filter for the list archives as well?  They will be=20
pretty useless in a month or two at this rate if not.  Every other list=20
I'm on allows posting by members or by owner approval only.  Owner=20
approval allows for the occasional participation by non-members.  Every=20
other list I'm on that has not had this policy has turned into a sewer=20
of spam within a couple of months, leading to massive numbers of people=20
unsubscribing and the list eventually becoming useless.  You're welcome=20
to your sewer if that's what you want.

I do have a spam filter.  However, by default I whitelist the mailing=20
lists I'm on.  As I mentioned above, usually that is not a problem. =20
Whitelisting is useful because every spam filter has false positives,=20
resulting in legitimate mail being junked.  As well, every spam filter=20
has false negatives, so that even with a spam filter, some spam to the=20
list would leak through.  I certainly hope that your opinion isn't=20
shared by the list owners, as it would be much easier to unsubscribe=20
than deal with the extra burden of spam.

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