Seems the email ABOUT the spam is taking up more of my time than the spam
itself.

While I've gotten the names of a few more open source anti-spam products...I
think the ultimate solution is to send complaints to the postmaster instead
of the list itself, don't you? Let's add these great suggestions and
explanations to the FAQ-o-matic and move on.



-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon D. Valentine [mailto:bandix AT structbio.vanderbilt DOT edu]
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 1:18 PM
To: Jon LaBadie
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: hi


On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Jon LaBadie wrote:

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

[ Not directed at Jon since he was not the one complaining. ]

Our respective tolerance levels are irrelevant to the issue at hand.
Spam filtering is the responsibility of the recipient, not an
intermediary like the Amanda listserv.  If the amount of spam on this
list is too much for you then select a spam filter which fits your needs
and install it.  It's not like this software hasn't existed for years
now.  Plus, there's been an evolutionary leap in the technology lately.
Now content-based filters have been eclipsed by the promise of
probabilistic analysis.  Check out bogofilter[0] for a program which you
can teach to identify content which doesn't interest you and filter it.

The Amanda mailing list should continue to remain open to
non-subscribers.  This is a fairly high traffic list and those with
incidental amanda questions should not be required to subscribe to it in
order to post their question.  Open lists do invite spam, but as I said
above if that bothers you it's your responsibility to filter it.  Your
membership in an open mailing list is your decision.  Nobody at the
Amanda listserv is forwarding you anything you didn't sign up for.

[0] - http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/bogofilter/

-- 
Brandon D. Valentine <bandix AT structbio.vanderbilt DOT edu>
Computer Geek, Center for Structural Biology

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