Re: Spam avoidance

2006-03-21 Thread Neil Schemenauer
Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Douglas Alan] >>> I've noticed that there is little to no spam in comp.lang.python >>> and am wondering how this is accomplished. > > [Skip Montanaro] >> Most mailing lists which originate on mail.python.org have SpamBayes >> filtering in front of them. > >

Re: Spam avoidance

2006-03-21 Thread Terry Reedy
"Douglas Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I've noticed that there is little to no spam in comp.lang.python and > am wondering how this is accomplished. Is there a moderator who > actively cancels spam? For the newsgroup, as opposed to the maillist, there is no

Re: Spam avoidance

2006-03-21 Thread Tim Peters
[Douglas Alan] >> I've noticed that there is little to no spam in comp.lang.python >> and am wondering how this is accomplished. [Skip Montanaro] > Most mailing lists which originate on mail.python.org have SpamBayes > filtering in front of them. Worth noting that the SpamBayes project started sp

Re: Spam avoidance

2006-03-21 Thread skip
Doug> I've noticed that there is little to no spam in comp.lang.python Doug> and am wondering how this is accomplished. Most mailing lists which originate on mail.python.org have SpamBayes filtering in front of them. The one notable exception are the two SpamBayes-related mailing lists

Spam avoidance

2006-03-21 Thread Douglas Alan
I've noticed that there is little to no spam in comp.lang.python and am wondering how this is accomplished. Is there a moderator who actively cancels spam? If so, that wouldn't seem to prevent spam from making it through to the mailing list version of the newsgroup. Is there an exceptionally goo