Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'e.,': 0.16; 'posters': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'usenet': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'filtering': 0.24; 'gateway': 0.24; 'posts': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'michael': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; '(which': 0.31; 'usually': 0.31; 'could': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'common': 0.35; 'etc': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'list': 0.37; 'list.': 0.37; 'christian': 0.38; 'server': 0.38; 'configured': 0.38; 'filter': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'problems.': 0.60; 'solve': 0.60; 'world.': 0.61; 'such': 0.63; 'effectively': 0.66; 'side': 0.67; 'genuine': 0.78; 'nuts,': 0.84; 'received:2': 0.84; 'subject:Managing': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Managing Google Groups headaches Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:41:35 +0000 References: <5f370a06-8d2c-4d7d-bc22-b9a489c15c59@googlegroups.com> <834d2e9d-2fb2-4401-82fe-dbe161d6d362@googlegroups.com> <529763FF.2030305@gmail.com> <15E5E7AA-FBFF-456F-B62A-2FC55DA0380A@gmail.com> <70757ad7-5055-45c7-97d6-6d14f2c4d901@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-199-237.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385736305 news.xs4all.nl 15970 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:36077 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60766 On 29/11/2013 00:46, Arif Khokar wrote: > On 11/28/2013 1:50 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: >> On 11/28/2013 11:37 AM, rusi wrote: > >>> 2. All kinds of people hop onto the list. In addition to genuine ones >>> there are >>> spammers, trolls, dicks, nuts, philosophers, help-vampires etc etc. >> >> What they have in common is usenet. Ditching usenet would solve both >> problems. > > The problem could also be solved through client side filtering (i. e., > killfiles). I usually killfile posters who crosspost to unrelated > groups (which filters 99% of the spam that comes through). I'm sure > that the usenet/email gateway could be configured to filter such posts > on the server side so those who read this list via email won't have > those problems. > Read through gmane, it's effectively spam free. -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence