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The Friday 2006-11-03 at 19:23 -0000, Thomas Hertweck wrote:
> Why are so many postings marked as "SPAM" in the subject line?
The Bayes database at their spamassassin server gone slighlty bad again.
> If the
> mailing list software (or any SPAM filter process attached to it) thinks
> a mail is SPAM, then this email should never reach the list. It does not
> make sense to distribute such emails to all list members.
They did it that way time ago, and it was worse: some of us we were left
without access to the list for weeks. I prefer it this way, at least we
can still write.
> On the other
> hand, if an email is distributed to all list members the subject line
> should not be altered! It makes no sense that the header "X-Spam-Flag:
> YES" is set and the subject is changed but the email itself is not
> filtered. The current situation is somewhat strange... Any explanations?
Some admins prefer to alter the subject line, because it can be scanned
visually before downloading the email, for instance. I would prefer it
removed, though.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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