Re: Dealing with spam. (with mechanical assistance)

2000-08-07 Thread Harmon Seaver
I wasn't suggesting that we can avoid such interference, merely that we stop taking the bait. Filtering can deal with much of it, although it is a hassle to constantly tune the filters. And also does pose the problem of missing actual good stuff if people respond under the old subject

Dealing with spam. (with mechanical assistance)

2000-08-06 Thread Ray Dillinger
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Bryan Nolen wrote: Shall we only allow messages from subscribed members? Moderate? Shut the lists down? Just deal? Definatly close the list to ONLY subscribers... Bad plan. This is political speech here; people need to be able to speak anonymously.

Re: Dealing with spam. (with mechanical assistance)

2000-08-06 Thread Eric Murray
On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 09:14:02AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Bryan Nolen wrote: Shall we only allow messages from subscribed members? Moderate? Shut the lists down? Just deal? Definatly close the list to ONLY subscribers... Bad plan. This is political