Re: What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 03:33, neopolitan via Python-list wrote: > > On 6/21/23 08:37, Dan Kolis wrote: > > Why do we tolerate this spam ? > > > > this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. > > > > That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to > > be a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? > > > > Can it be eliminated ? > > > > Regards, > > Dan > > tl;dr It would be difficult to without changing the group to be > moderated. I am very new but am working to build up a list of known > spammers so I can auto-delete their nonsense from my machine. Yeah, a few people worked on that. Turns out though, you can save yourself a LOT of trouble by letting the python-list admins manage that blocklist :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
On Wednesday, 21 June 2023 at 15:38:00 UTC+2, Dan Kolis wrote: > Why do we tolerate this spam ? > > this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. > > That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to be > a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? > > Can it be eliminated ? > > Regards, > Dan Just call Google guys and ask, why usenet groups turned DejaNews, aquired by Google in the past are not protected against massive spam by a single easy script -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
On 6/21/23 08:37, Dan Kolis wrote: Why do we tolerate this spam ? this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to be a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? Can it be eliminated ? Regards, Dan tl;dr It would be difficult to without changing the group to be moderated. I am very new but am working to build up a list of known spammers so I can auto-delete their nonsense from my machine. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
On 2023-06-21, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 at 02:54, Dan Kolis via Python-list > wrote: >> >> Why do we tolerate this spam ? >> >> this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. >> >> That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to >> be a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? >> >> Can it be eliminated ? >> > > Yes, follow the mailing list instead of the newsgroup. Most spam > doesn't reach us over here at the list. > > Sign up here: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list If you want to stick with NNTP as your access protocol, you can follow the list on gmane: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.python.general However, the list recently stopped accepting posts via gmane, so you'll need to configure your nntp client to e-mail posts to that group. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 at 02:54, Dan Kolis via Python-list wrote: > > Why do we tolerate this spam ? > > this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. > > That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to be > a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? > > Can it be eliminated ? > Yes, follow the mailing list instead of the newsgroup. Most spam doesn't reach us over here at the list. Sign up here: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
What is this TEST BANK stuff ?
Why do we tolerate this spam ? this seems most likely a way to inject viruses into people's workflow. That wiped out usenet. Ahh without an explaination; ( and it woudl have to be a good one ); what is the purpsoe of this, why is it here ? Can it be eliminated ? Regards, Dan -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list