Re: bug-gnu-utils and spam

[Paul Eggert]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:

> Can't we install some smarter filter that would try to detect spam
> from the messages' content?

That would be second-best, in my opinion.  "Smarter" filters
invariably make mistakes, either false positives or false negatives.

As things stand, I'm already filtering out messages from bug-gnu-utils
with a "smarter" (but buggy) filter, and I'm sure I've missed some
real bug reports.  I'd much rather see a human volunteer do the
filtering.  (Not that I'm volunteering!)

> you mean any message from someone who is not a subscriber to the
> list will be held?

Perhaps mailman can be configured to allow mail from known senders,
even if they're not subscribers.  That would be nice.