Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Friday 2006-11-03 at 19:23 -0000, Thomas Hertweck wrote: >> [...] 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.
At the moment, it's pretty useless. The SPAM filter should be fixed to function correctly (i.e., correctly classify SPAM and remove it in order to prevent distribution) or it should be removed, at least it should not alter subject lines. This is annoying as it leads to crippled subjects like "Re: SPAM: Re: Re: [opensuse] ..." > [...] > Some admins prefer to alter the subject line, because it can be scanned > visually before downloading the email, for instance. This makes no sense. The SPAM filter makes a wrong classification of SPAM emails (at the moment), so "visual" inspection of subject lines for the word "SPAM" does not work! Furthermore, there is the header "X-Spam-Flag" - if you (as a user and list member) need to filter emails, you should use this header (the same principle holds if you filter emails from different mailing lists into different folders: use the "X-Mailinglist" header and not the "[opnsuse]" in the subject line). My opinion is simple: if emails are distributed, the subject line should not be altered; if emails are classified as SPAM, they should not be distributed in the first place! Cheers, Th. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
