Re: spam levels...

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:45:13PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > > The spam levels on this list are insane. Could we get the list
> > > > > restricted so only subscribers can post?
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure it would do much good.
> > > 
> > > I am. I run about a dozen lists, and it catches nearly 100% of the
> > > spam.
> > 
> > I get spam on every mailing list that I'm subscribed to.
> 
> You aren't subscribed to any of mine, then.

which are those?  (offhand, I'm getting spam on ncurses, autoconf, automake,
XFree86's lists, mutt).

> How about you try it out? It is easy to do and you'll rapidly see if
> I'm right. If I am, great. If I'm not, the experiment was cheap.

about 1% of the people subscribed to this list complain about it.

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