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Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hi, Dale. |
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> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:58:08PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>> Indi wrote: |
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>>> Generally speaking, either messages sent to the list should be instantaneously |
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>>> available after hitting "send" OR someone is delaying the messages so |
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>>> they can be confirmed On Topic, or at least not spam? |
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>>> Crazy thought... |
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>> But WHO is going to do that? Since it is rare that this mailing list |
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>> sees spam, I don't think it is worth the effort. |
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> I suspect it is rare to see spam precisely because someone (or some two) |
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> is moderating the list. There are all sorts of strategies for doing |
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> this. Perhaps a set of core people get straight through, but unknowns |
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> have to wait in the queue for checking. |
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> That this Sinaporeish man got through is perhaps a simple accident. |
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>> The only bad thing is that I don't mark them as spam because I'm |
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>> worried some legitimate mail may get marked as spam. |
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>> The plus of instant is if someone is needing help fast, you get replies |
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>> a lot faster. |
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>> I thought you had to be subscribed to the list to send a message? |
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> Who's controlling the subscriptions? |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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I think there is something that filters them because this list gets very |
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few spam messages. At least I don't see many. As much traffic as this |
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list gets sometimes, I doubt there is someone(s) doing the filtering |
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tho. There are times when this list gets pretty busy. Just let portage |
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bork something and watch it fly. lol Then again, that has been a while |
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too. ;-) |
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I think the subscription is basically all automated. Just send a |
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message, it sends a confirmation and you send it back. Thing is, they |
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got your IP and all by that time. So, if you send spam, they know who |
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to block. |
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I do recall the list getting away messages a good while back. It took a |
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bit for someone to put the brakes on that too. That's one reason I |
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don't think anyone is reading then allowing the forwards on this list. |
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Let's just hope the spam doesn't get worse. Strange that spell check |
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wants to capitalize spam. o_O I ain't talking about meat. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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