Re: Spam filter -please !
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 01:03:40PM +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: > I know they catch about 40,000 spams a day, but that's not the issue. I > was just surprised to see this HTML-monster getting through. AIUI, the filtering is set up to "err on the side of caution", IOW, it is more important to let a possible spam through than block a possible ham. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120518180404.GB30502@tal
Re: Spam filter -please !
On Thursday 17 May 2012 12:03:40 Tom Rausner wrote: > I wanted you to see how it looked like, uncut. The problem is that that confuses the spam filter. Never quote or reply to a spam email. But none of us was born knowing that! ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201205171216.11520.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Spam filter -please !
Hi tor, 17 05 2012 kl. 10:54 +0100, skrev Darac Marjal: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:45:25AM +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: > >Hi Administrators of this list > > Actually, you've reached the users of the list. As mentioned at > http://lists.debian.org, the maintainers are contactable at > listarchi...@debian.org. I'm completely new to this list, actually this is my first attempt to contact it. In other words; I don't know even the first thing about how things are like they are (or even how they are) I just wanted to do something about a problem I noticed... I did the best I could. > One message gets through and you think the spam filter's not doing t's > job? Have you considered how many spams WERE blocked? (For the record, > I don't know what the spam filter statistics are like, but I suspect > > that > for each false-negative, there are many more true-positives). I know they catch about 40,000 spams a day, but that's not the issue. I was just surprised to see this HTML-monster getting through. > No, you didn't have to. You could have: Yes I did. I wanted you to see how it looked like, uncut. But might not have been the most bright idea of the century, I'll give you that. > * Converted it to plain text > * Redacted much of it, to remove those SEO-helping links (I have done >these two things). > * Referenced it by Message-ID > * Or simply ignored it. As I told you earlier, I don't know how the list works. Ignoring I didn't want to. > Next time, please follow the instructions at > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#maintenance I will, 'cause now I know where to look -- Regards Tom Rausner t...@rausner.dk http://www.tomtech.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1337252620.2842.43.ca...@colossus.tomtech.dk
Re: Spam filter -please !
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:45:25AM +0200, Tom Rausner wrote: >Hi Administrators of this list Actually, you've reached the users of the list. As mentioned at http://lists.debian.org, the maintainers are contactable at listarchi...@debian.org. > >Don't you think this list needs a spam filter upgrade ? One message gets through and you think the spam filter's not doing it's job? Have you considered how many spams WERE blocked? (For the record, I don't know what the spam filter statistics are like, but I suspect that for each false-negative, there are many more true-positives). > >Look what the pig draged in (I had to send it as HTML 'cause the spam was >HTML); No, you didn't have to. You could have: * Converted it to plain text * Redacted much of it, to remove those SEO-helping links (I have done these two things). * Referenced it by Message-ID * Or simply ignored it. Next time, please follow the instructions at http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#maintenance > > [1]Si vous ne visualisez pas ce message, cliquez-ici > > [2]EASYPREDICT >[3]DECOUVREZ VOTRE VOYANCE GRATUITE...! [4]CLIQUEZ -VITE > signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Spam filter -please !
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 08:45:25AM BST, Tom Rausner wrote: > Hi Administrators of this list > > Don't you think this list needs a spam filter upgrade ? > > Look what the pig draged in (I had to send it as HTML 'cause the spam > was HTML); http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/05/msg01666.html Top Right -> Report as spam Ta, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120517083633.ga14...@linuxstuff.pl
Spam filter -please !
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