Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!nuzba.szn.dk!pnx.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Peter Pearson Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: List spam Date: 18 Aug 2011 17:02:49 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: <9b4utpFdrgU2@mid.individual.net> References: <0A9E373A-AA62-4DD4-83B9-B4424037BF6B@semanchuk.com> <87d3g26a2r.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> X-Trace: individual.net ow9w+cZXaHADYp7hVIL/8gQQvFDwlLroIa+BQDpDe2V4NhmLPC Cancel-Lock: sha1:0+Sks0RIskslOiT63Gq7dn7WbNw= User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-16 (Linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11785 On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:58:04 +0200, Alain Ketterlin wrote: > Ghodmode writes: > > [...] >> Make an effort to curb the spam even if it means killing the newsgroup >> availability. Choose mailman or Google Groups, or another single >> solution. Make it members only, but allow anyone to register with an >> automated confirmation email and a CAPTCHA. Appoint a list admin who >> has a few minutes each day to scan subjects of emails for spammers and >> remove them from the members list. > > Or save work and find a public nntp server (or setup one, or ask your > provider), and use a news reader to follow the list (even thunderbird > can do this). No spam, no need to store messages on your machine, > auto-purge after a configurable delay, etc. Or pay for filtered NNTP service. I'm happy with news.individual.net: 10 euros per year, appears to be competently run, very little spam gets through (maybe like 1 message per heavily posted group per day), and they probably carry all the newsgroups you follow. I have no affiliation with them, except for being a customer who hopes they stay in business. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net.