From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 19:34:59 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C43B4501 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:34:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yk0-x22b.google.com (mail-yk0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78ED0BF1 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:34:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yk0-f171.google.com with SMTP id 10so15217210ykt.2 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:34:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=5cxf1QnsjSTppBl4KmBNHc3qKEJ2MaylrKx8/CmiuFA=; b=OP5LgIhf91pBMHk51zAlUO97N1OO6CGbMIVcUgH3P4BX3Fhwz7jiEX0m0fI22vfmR6 93s26sYQTlEPxsEQH8zI9q1kjsHM0K5YPAt94UA6CfEcANKQCFVawnZAWnpmofOoUU4y jLLm9Eaalb8QN/FuLFyb3QR0KrBTTPJnDbJPPqfj8KNE5g5kWonoRM4z5sfzrIR+5NM5 frbr74teVBuRVAxo18yPaUE+jwU+M0I2zYpkhso4cX9UsAPK7jAvCMXn2FH/iHjvE8Wj MVCetSuEog1A/wGai5300zzq11RgOHn4McTULO7u/HHvltdKLZaispSeqdSpM7S9jddv ZbvQ== X-Received: by 10.236.209.65 with SMTP id r41mr9476365yho.152.1423596898788; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net ([2601:0:4600:611:2ed0:5aff:fe78:91ca]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id 35sm10437338yhu.32.2015.02.10.11.34.58 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:34:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:35:32 -0500 From: R0B_ROD To: Jon Radel Subject: Re: Spam Message-ID: <20150210193532.GA32471@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> References: <20150210155254.736611dc@topdeck.tinsleyviaduct.com> <54DA3BEB.7020400@gmail.com> <54DA4EC5.5040505@radel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54DA4EC5.5040505@radel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:34:59 -0000 On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 01:32:37PM -0500, Jon Radel wrote: > On 2/10/15 12:12 PM, zep wrote: > > On 02/10/2015 10:52 AM, Phil Reynolds wrote: > >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:29:13 +0100 > >> Malcolm Matalka wrote: > >> > >>> This mailing list produces almost all of the spam I receive. Is there > >>> any plan to reduce the spam? > >> The list is open for posting to by non-members. There are reasons for > >> this, but this also means it is open to spam. Annoying, but nothing > >> that can really be done about it. > > I don't know that that's true/accurate. there might not be anything > > that can easily be done about it but there are a wide range of spam > > catching programs and other methodologies that could be implemented. > > > > You mean like the ones I have implemented that filter out almost all the > spam on this list and leave me little residue but the endless and > relatively pointless chatter on the topic? Read the archives. The folks > who run the lists have their policies. Some people are convinced they > could do better. They quite possibly could. But they don't run the > lists. So stop spamming me about spam. And, yes, the horse really is dead. > > > --Jon Radel > jon@radel.com > Understood. Glad I have clarity that there are policies. I am new to the community forgive me.