Christ, what does this have to do with Amanda - take it offline. -- Sam Nicolary
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote: > > 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. > > I really disagree with that. In the arena of "spam filtering" it's better to > have as many bottlenecks as possible. By allowing a list server to open to > relaying spam, it's like allowing an email server to be open to relaying, > which is generally recognized these days as a bad way to configure your mail > server. > > > > 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. > > Listen. The reason I'm bringing this issue up, is because I've got several > lists I'm subscribed to, and most of them have very little or no spam. Plus > the spam on this list seems to be increasing dramatically. > > Open lists do invite spam, but > > as I said > > above if that bothers you it's your responsibility to filter it. > > I think there should be a concerted effort on the part of the list > administrators as well > > MikeM. >
