On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:44:54AM -0400, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:
> I really think spam control is necessary here. This mailing list is by far
> the most spammed list I subscribe to (I subscribe to about twenty lists). I
> never receive any spam from most of the other lists, but plenty on this one.
> 
> 
> I know, I've mentioned this before, and a couple people have criticized me
> for mentioning it. But as an "end-user" of this list, I figure why should it
> be posting so much spam, when other lists aren't?


I have too much time on my hands.  The list messages are saved automatically
on my system and I just scanned my archive since June 1.  Total of 2650+ 
messages.
I found less than twenty I could easily identify as spam.

That means about 1 per 125 messages, or 1.5 per week for the last 3+ months.
Certainly I could have missed some.

Each of us has different tolerance levels, this is not reaching my serious
irritation point.

Michael, or anyone, are you seeing higher levels than this?

If you are seeing higher levels, is it being delivered from "omniscient",
the list server machine?

A reason for some of the spam is the open policy of the list.
I.e., you do not have to subscribe to post.


The list maintainer can be reached via postmaster AT amanda DOT org.

When I see multiple spams from what appears to be the same source I notify
the postmaster.  If they are a subscriber, they are deleted and/or blocked.
If they are not a subscriber but have a discrete source, I believe they
are also blocked.  I encourage you to take similar action to notify the
postmaster.  They won't do anything unless they know about the problem.

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