Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'over,': 0.07; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.09; 'received:openend.se': 0.09; 'received:theraft.openend.se': 0.09; 'ignore': 0.14; '>on': 0.16; '>that': 0.16; 'archives.': 0.16; 'cc:addr:lac': 0.16; 'cc:addr:openend.se': 0.16; 'from:addr:lac': 0.16; 'from:addr:openend.se': 0.16; 'from:name:laura creighton': 0.16; 'message-id:@fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'received:fido': 0.16; 'received:fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'removed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'laura': 0.18; 'archive': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'posted': 0.21; 'cc:2**1': 0.22; 'do.': 0.22; 'year,': 0.22; 'claiming': 0.22; 'filtering': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'mon,': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; "doesn't": 0.26; 'rest': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'question': 0.27; 'received:se': 0.29; 'spam,': 0.29; 'cc:no real name:2**1': 0.29; 'asked': 0.29; 'certainly': 0.30; 'post': 0.31; 'getting': 0.33; 'michael': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.36; 'email addr:python.org': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'done.': 0.37; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.37; 'list.': 0.37; 'things': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'thank': 0.38; 'google': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'ever': 0.60; 'close': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.61; 'spam.': 0.61; 'show': 0.62; 'skip:n 10': 0.62; 'world': 0.64; 'intent': 0.66; 'person,': 0.66; 'python-list': 0.66; 'results': 0.66; 'news': 0.68; '100': 0.79; 'ask.': 0.84; 'everywhere.': 0.84; 'goodness.': 0.84; 'header:In- reply-to:1': 0.84; 'email name:python-list-owner': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=openend.se; s=default; t=1445272199; bh=1O9Vlw4sjQXjaiFFhlhF8hkqvpOhZDN+Itd8q1OTPyQ=; h=To:cc:From:Subject:In-reply-to:References:Date:From; b=wNK0fxgEPtNcQ2cDCQl2wKHoKut3e7E4WlJ4cUtSXORg/zaDHa7u287cBGa6yiMSI y4oGeaX2B1e07+86uI5giGU7T+5P138j0i3g88wAROYbvzhDlC+1ebk6xl04orwvaD D3gq8t1RNcwgiStgzRyehPvF5k/s1IAReaSopgSw= To: Michael Torrie cc: python-list@python.org, lac@openend.se From: Laura Creighton Subject: Re: Defamation In-reply-to: <5624FFF5.8000108@gmail.com> References: <1454496840.1661921445200299637.JavaMail.httpd@webmail-50.iol.local> <5624FFF5.8000108@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Michael Torrie message dated "Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:36:37 -0600." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <29690.1445272198.1@fido> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:29:58 +0200 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.9 (theraft.openend.se [82.96.5.2]); Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:29:59 +0200 (CEST) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ 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: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1445272206 news.xs4all.nl 23757 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:37001 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:97815 In a message of Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:36:37 -0600, Michael Torrie writes: >On 10/19/2015 08:14 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:31 AM, gaini2002--- via Python-list >> wrote: >>> Please remove the page >> >> That page is just spam that someone sent to the newsgroup/mailing >> list. You can ignore it, same as the rest of us do. >> >> Even if the page were to be removed, the same content has already been >> posted to myriad news servers the world over, many of which archive >> all posts. There's no way to remove it from everywhere. > >Guess spam filtering is getting good as I don't recall ever seeing the >original message last year, thank goodness. The message in question is >not just ordinary spam. It is very specific spam, focused entirely on >one person, claiming all kinds of bizarre things, with the intent to >skew google search results to show this message when people search for >that name. Clearly the post is from a mentally ill person as it barely >makes much sense. > >While it's true that this message has now been duplicated across Usenet, >it certainly can be removed from the pipermail archives. The OP can >email python-list-owner@python.org and request it. It may not happen >but it doesn't hurt to ask. I've already asked postmaster, which is the place where such things get done. There was something close to 100 of these things originally. Laura