Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:spam': 0.04; 'admins': 0.07; 'seemed': 0.07; 'received:209.85.160.174': 0.09; 'received:mail-gy0-f174.google.com': 0.09; 'list?': 0.13; '13:58,': 0.16; 'banning': 0.16; 'lurking': 0.16; 'newsgroup': 0.16; 'received:209.85.213.174': 0.16; 'received:mail- yx0-f174.google.com': 0.16; '\xa0this': 0.16; 'url:blog': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "haven't": 0.20; 'jason': 0.21; 'maybe': 0.21; "doesn't": 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'subject:List': 0.25; '(the': 0.28; 'thu,': 0.28; "wasn't": 0.28; 'lists': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.29; 'occasional': 0.30; 'tjg': 0.30; 'scanned': 0.31; 'seem': 0.31; 'list': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; "isn't": 0.33; 'it.': 0.33; "can't": 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; "i've": 0.34; 'consensus': 0.34; 'list.': 0.35; 'received:209.85.160': 0.35; 'anything': 0.36; 'header:Received:8': 0.36; 'list,': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'feed': 0.39; 'client': 0.39; 'getting': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mailing': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'wide': 0.63; 'golden': 0.73; "\xa0i'm": 0.84; 'filtered': 0.91; 'topic,': 0.96 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4E4D13FD.5050103@timgolden.me.uk> From: Ghodmode Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:11:48 +0800 Subject: Re: List spam To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313676731 news.xs4all.nl 23861 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44578 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11755 On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Tim Golden wrote: > On 18/08/2011 13:58, Jason Staudenmayer wrote: >> >> I really like this list as part of my learning tools but the amount >> of spam that I've been getting from it is CRAZY. Doesn't anything get >> scanned before it sent to the list? > > I haven't seen any significant quantity of spam on the list for ages. (Th= e > occasional one does get through although I can't remember the last). Maybe your email client is filtering it out for you. =A0This list gets A LOT of spam. =A0I'm lurking on over 25 different mailing lists and most of them don't seem to get any spam. =A0On the others, it's only occasional and the list admins are quick to pounce on it. =A0Here, it's like the floodgates are wide open. > I always access it as a mailing list, and I seem to recall that > the newsgroup feed isn't filtered the same way as the mailing list is. The last time I brought up the topic, I offered to do the work of filtering and banning spammers. =A0The consensus seemed to be that it wasn't possible because the newsgroup IS filtered the same way as the mailing list. > TJG -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog