Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!cs.uu.nl!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 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:spam': 0.04; 'posting.': 0.07; 'formats)': 0.09; 'kinda': 0.09; 'offensive': 0.09; 'only,': 0.09; 'url:gmane': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'gmane': 0.16; "gmane's": 0.16; 'newsgroup': 0.16; 'newsgroup.': 0.16; 'nntp': 0.16; 'nntp)': 0.16; 'read-only.': 0.16; 'usenet': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'url:blog': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '(which': 0.19; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'received:209.85.213.46': 0.23; 'received:mail-yw0-f46.google.com': 0.23; 'sfxlen:0': 0.23; 'though.': 0.23; '"this': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'subject:List': 0.25; 'guess': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'bit': 0.28; 'server': 0.29; 'work:': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.29; 'skip:( 20': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'version': 0.32; 'topic': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; "can't": 0.33; 'light': 0.34; 'surprised': 0.34; 'regular': 0.35; 'post': 0.36; 'google': 0.36; 'header:Received:8': 0.36; 'url:python': 0.36; 'fri,': 0.36; 'group,': 0.36; 'none': 0.37; 'put': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'free': 0.63; 'url:groups': 0.64; 'flagged': 0.84; 'url:dir': 0.84; 'received:209.85.218.46': 0.91; 'received:mail- yi0-f46.google.com': 0.91 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <0A9E373A-AA62-4DD4-83B9-B4424037BF6B@semanchuk.com> <87d3g26a2r.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> From: Ghodmode Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:29:12 +0800 Subject: Re: List spam To: Ned Deily Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org 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: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313688576 news.xs4all.nl 23879 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38597 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11788 On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Ned Deily wrote: > 4. gmane (various formats) > =A0 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general > =A0 a. =A0gmane.comp.python.general (non-Usenet group via NNTP) > All of the above allow both reading and posting. =A0gmane does spam > filtering so, if you read and post through it, you will avoid most of > the spam (a little bit gets through). =A0The gmane nntp server (which is > for gmane groups only, not regular Usenet groups) is free to use. Unfortunately, Gmane's version of this newsgroup (gmane.comp.python.general) has all of the offensive spam. I'm kinda surprised considering the detailed information that they put on their site about spam filtering. These are the ones I got to work: - textnews.news.cambrium.nl - mail.tsu.ru ... They're light on the spam, but they're read-only. Ironically, the Google Groups version (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.python) has almost none of the spam, although I did see one message that said "This topic has been hidden because it was flagged for abuse". I can't join that Google Group, though. I guess that's because it's just a viewer for the newsgroup. > -- > =A0Ned Deily, > =A0nad@acm.org -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog