On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 12:41:55PM +0000, Thomas Hertweck wrote: > 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!
This will be fixed on Monday (2006-11-06). Best, Christoph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
