Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the
> other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below.
Thanks for that! I missed it the first time, so it is very helpful for you
to forward it. It's especially helpful that you included all the spammer's
URLs, as that will help improve their Google page ranks. I'm sure the
spammer will thank you for your assistance.
Yeah, a couple of good rules to follow for well intentioned citizens:
1) don't feed the trolls
2) don't repackage spam
Having said that, either because I was tired or because I dropped my
defensive posture, I have messed up on those two little rules more than
once.
It is possible to filter spam very effectively. My mail client has a
spam-can based on a multitude of trial and guess rules that with almost
oh 97 percent rate puts the right stuff into the can and saves me the
trouble of manually filtering it. Granted, I still need to quickly peek
through the can files... but this is pretty easy to do... because non
spam shows up like a rose among thorns in a spam-can.
The trouble is that this group does like to debate off-topic stuff
frequently (usually its at least edge related to Python) and so who is
to tell (as a moderator) what is spam? Well, your example is fairly
obvious, but other stuff (even like this note) may not be. I don't
consider this spam, because its related to this list and because I am
interested in the same issue as your OP complaint. But, I am absolutely
sure that others will view your note, and mine, as spam... see the problem?
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