Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265299AbUAWInh (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:43:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265327AbUAWInf (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:43:35 -0500 Received: from jaguar.mkp.net ([192.139.46.146]:916 "EHLO jaguar.mkp.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265299AbUAWInd (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 03:43:33 -0500 To: David Ford Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts 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> From: Jes Sorensen Date: 23 Jan 2004 03:43:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <401000C1.9010901@blue-labs.org> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2168 Lines: 43 >>>>> "David" == David Ford writes: David> Considering that Bayesian filters are useless against the new David> spam that is proliferating these days, that's laughable. Spam David> now comes with a good 5-10K of random dictionary words. Well if thats the case, then I wonder why the random word spams stopped getting through my filters after I spent the appropriate time training my Bayesian filters. I must have done something that made the spammers laugh so hard they didn't bother spamming me anymore. David> If you can't handle clicking on a link to authorize your email, David> then I'm not interested in your email. If that tiny few seconds David> of effort is a waste of your time, then writing your email to David> me was also a waste of your time. Well now we're getting to the laughable part: by expecting people to 'click on a link you obviously assume that everybody uses a GUI mail client. Guess what, I don't have the patience for that. So guess what, having to launch a web browser and copy-pasting a random link into it in order to send you email makes me uninterested in mailing you in the first place. David> Getting well over 900 spams a day on average, almost double on David> mondays, just isn't my cup of tea. There is no one solution to David> spam. I pre-filter with spamassassin using all it's tools, David> anything scoring high automatically gets /dev/nulled. Those David> include bayesian, pattern matches, DNSBL, etc. Next I attempt David> to filter viruses and the like. The remainder goes through David> TMDA. Maybe you should consider using it properly, guess what it does work. David> Hmm, 900 spams in my mailbox, or half a dozen due to lists. David> I'll take the second. 600 spams in my spambox over the last 48 hours, _1_ in my inbox, guess that speaks for itself. 'nuff said, back to spending time on real issues, such as fixing kernel bugs. Jes - 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/