Re: Spam on the mailing list

2011-04-07 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-04-07, Nobody wrote: > On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:03:31 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this >> is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam >> on... > > Bear in mind that the mailing list has a bidirecti

Re: Spam on the mailing list

2011-04-07 Thread Nobody
On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:03:31 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this > is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam > on... Bear in mind that the mailing list has a bidirectional gateway to the comp.lang.python ne

Re: Spam on the mailing list

2011-04-07 Thread eryksun ()
On Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:03:31 AM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote: > I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this > is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam > on... My impression is that there is much more spam on comp.lang.python than on the

Spam on the mailing list

2011-04-07 Thread Chris Angelico
I don't know whether it's ironic or in some way Pythonesque, but this is the only mailing list that I've seen significant amounts of spam on... Maybe spam filters have trouble distinguishing between Monty Python and unsolicited commercial email? Chris Angelico Somewhat amused -- http://mail.pyth