Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266337AbUAVRaK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:30:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266338AbUAVRaK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:30:10 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:48300 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266337AbUAVRaF (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:30:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 17:30:02 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: David Ford Cc: Jes Sorensen , Zan Lynx , Andreas Jellinghaus , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts Message-ID: <20040122173002.GX21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040121194315.GE9327@redhat.com> <1074717499.18964.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040121211550.GK9327@redhat.com> <20040121213027.GN23765@srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com> <1074731162.25704.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <401000C1.9010901@blue-labs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <401000C1.9010901@blue-labs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1389 Lines: 29 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:56:33AM -0500, David Ford wrote: > Considering that Bayesian filters are useless against the new spam that > is proliferating these days, that's laughable. Spam now comes with a > good 5-10K of random dictionary words. > > I use challenge-response and the only spam that gets to my inbox now > comes from lists. I pre-listed all my buddies in my whitelist, only new > senders that I'm not yet aware of have to go thru the challenge process. > > If you can't handle clicking on a link to authorize your email, then I'm > not interested in your email. If that tiny few seconds of effort is a > waste of your time, then writing your email to me was also a waste of > your time. Well, isn't it just fscking great... So in order to send you an email I have to a) cut the URL from your reply b) suspend mutt(1) c) type lynx '' and paste the damn thing in there d) pray that your setup doesn't use Javashit or something equally obnoxious That, BTW, assumes that your reply will make it through the filters on my side. The most obvious ones take care of HTML mail. As in "Dave Null might care, I don't"... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/