From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mbox1.su.se (mbox1.su.se [130.237.162.72]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18033AC5A1 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:12:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mbox1.su.se (Postfix, from userid 2291) id EB7AFA30B0; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:12:31 +0200 (CEST) From: "Henrik Treadup" To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:12:31 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20020927001231.EB7AFA30B0@mbox1.su.se> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Spam (was Re: Hey SEXY) Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 12a8f585-f818-4370-afed-5bd9ed2087d9 X-Archives-Hash: 93852645a76c7a42e8f5b8a623de565e I don't like the idea of closing this list. If you close it you will still have problems with spam in the open lists; user, newbie etc. A better way of doing things would be to filter out the spam completley on all the lists. There was an interesting thread about Bayesian spam filtering on slashdot http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/17/1746248&mode=thread&tid=111 a while ago discussing Paul Grahams essay A Plan for Spam http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html The statistical approach described there would have filtered out all spam I have seen on this list so far. (How many non spam email contain the words 'dear' and 'madam' ?) You might wan't to check out ESR's implementation http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net Keep up the good work /Henrik Treadup hetr9922@student.su.se PS. The logical name for the distribution is Gnutoo Linux ;)