Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:15:46 -0600 Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mike, Another option would be to put the image on the web somewhere, and post a link to it in the relevant query message. That's one way of receiving such information separately off list. Yes, indeed it is. I

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-05 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:59:50PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:15:46 -0600 Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mike, Another option would be to put the image on the web somewhere, and post a link to it in the relevant query message. That's one way of

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-05 Thread Daniel B.
Douglas Tutty wrote: .. Since the spam doesn't seem to be targeted specifically to *N*X system users, it may be safe to think that their targeted audience mostly is running *doze. Sind *doze people can't handle .ps files easily there's less incentive for the spammers to send .ps files. So the

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-05 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
Douglas Tutty wrote: Since the spam doesn't seem to be targeted specifically to *N*X system users, it may be safe to think that their targeted audience mostly is running *doze. Sind *doze people can't handle .ps files easily there's less incentive for the spammers to send .ps files. So

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-05 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Andrew Sackville-West writes: On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: The other thing I've noticed is that a new spam will have a subject starting with Re: . Could not the list filter verify that the subject Re'd actually exists in the list archive within a set time

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Jon Dowland
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:06:54PM +, Gary Roach wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. Please refrain from replying to spams on-list, and especially quoting context from them. This only serves to make statistical-classification filters less reliable. -- Jon Dowland --

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:32:01AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:06:54PM +, Gary Roach wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. It seems to me that much of this spam includes graphic images (presumably that contain ads but I don't open them). Could

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Thursday 04 January 2007 11:30, Douglas Tutty wrote: On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:32:01AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:06:54PM +, Gary Roach wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. It seems to me that much of this spam includes graphic images

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:09:19PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Thursday 04 January 2007 11:30, Douglas Tutty wrote: On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:32:01AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:06:54PM +, Gary Roach wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: The other thing I've noticed is that a new spam will have a subject starting with Re: . Could not the list filter verify that the subject Re'd actually exists in the list archive within a set time frame (30 days?). but then

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Kent West
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: The other thing I've noticed is that a new spam will have a subject starting with Re: . Could not the list filter verify that the subject Re'd actually exists in the list archive within a set time

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:16:11AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 01:05:39PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: The other thing I've noticed is that a new spam will have a subject starting with Re: . Could not the list filter verify that the subject Re'd actually

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: That is not a solution. Spammers can always use .ps files to send their spam. Besides not every email containing a graphic image is spam. For example, one might be attaching a .jpg screenshot with a font problem he is having on his computer. Respectfully, I would

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:25:34 -0600 Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mike, Respectfully, I would very much prefer not to see images posted to the list, under any circumstances. If there is a problem such as you mentioned, then those who wish to respond to the issue should receive

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:25:34 -0600 Mike McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Mike, Respectfully, I would very much prefer not to see images posted to the list, under any circumstances. If there is a problem such as you mentioned, then those who wish to respond to the

MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-03 Thread Gary Roach
Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. exacting Schooolgirls doinng splendiferous suckiing. susan 12/30/2006 2:00PM and YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $15.5MMike Dana Will 01/02/2007 4:30AM Im not exactly a prude but it does clutter up the group. The advertising just

Re: MODERATOR - NEWS GROUP

2007-01-03 Thread Steve Mazurek
Exactly right. I never thought I'd get this sort of thing in a Linux group! --Steve Mazurek On 1/3/07, Gary Roach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out a couple of not so on topic entries. exacting Schooolgirls doinng splendiferous suckiing. susan 12/30/2006 2:00PM and YOUR INHERITANCE