Re: [gotmail] spam/phishing on gotmail list

[James Lick]

Tom Duffy wrote:

> Get a spam filter.
>  

Will there be a spam filter for the list archives as well?  They will be 
pretty useless in a month or two at this rate if not.  Every other list 
I'm on allows posting by members or by owner approval only.  Owner 
approval allows for the occasional participation by non-members.  Every 
other list I'm on that has not had this policy has turned into a sewer 
of spam within a couple of months, leading to massive numbers of people 
unsubscribing and the list eventually becoming useless.  You're welcome 
to your sewer if that's what you want.

I do have a spam filter.  However, by default I whitelist the mailing 
lists I'm on.  As I mentioned above, usually that is not a problem.  
Whitelisting is useful because every spam filter has false positives, 
resulting in legitimate mail being junked.  As well, every spam filter 
has false negatives, so that even with a spam filter, some spam to the 
list would leak through.  I certainly hope that your opinion isn't 
shared by the list owners, as it would be much easier to unsubscribe 
than deal with the extra burden of spam.

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