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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_QUAR,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from master.ufies.org (folly.ufies.org [204.174.19.9]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF245ABB83 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:17:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: by master.ufies.org (Postfix, from userid 1032) id 096641873CD; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:17:53 -0700 From: Alan To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Spam (was Re: Hey SEXY) Message-ID: <20020927001753.GD5668@ufies.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20020927001231.EB7AFA30B0@mbox1.su.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020927001231.EB7AFA30B0@mbox1.su.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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: c5211947-e37f-45ba-a91e-7abcf920fb81 X-Archives-Hash: 418f04a8eb71f4e3c1f7cf9708ccff14 On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 02:12:31AM +0200, Henrik Treadup wrote: > 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 Or filter the list through spamassassin before it goes out to mailman (or something like that). alan -- Alan "Arcterex" -=][=- http://arcterex.net "I used to herd dairy cows. Now I herd lusers. Apart from the isolation, I think I preferred the cows. They were better conversation, easier to milk, and if they annoyed me enough, I could shoot them and eat them." -Rodger Donaldson