[Molvis-list] To the moderator (and list admin)

[Dan Bolser]

oops.. I didn't mean to post to the list. 

Lets see if I can survive the spam ... ;-)

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, timothy driscoll wrote:

>On 2004-11-21 (18:28) Dan Bolser wrote:
>>
>>I have a few comments, but I am not sure if people would care enough
>>to 'vote' on the issue yet...
>>
>>Email spoofing is rare, so having a subscriber only policy gets rid
>>of most spam attacks (which on the whole are opportunist and not
>>directed). Mailman on bioinformatics.org should be compatible with a
>>spam filter, bouncing suspicious email to the sender automatically,
>>and automatically allowing it through on the completion of some
>>'human' task.
>>
>hi Dan,
>
>
>I much prefer those lists that require you to respond to an email in
>order to confirm your list subscription.  others force you to read a
>word embedded in an image (somewhat distorted to prevent bot
>subscribing).  not so keen on that.
>
>
>>In the same vein, it is very simple to configure procmail or the
>>like to pickup mail with the word unsubscribe in the header and send
>>it to the list admin.
>>
>very true - or let the list members handle it.  I have seen some quite
>creative and ROTFL responses to such requests - especially when the list
>info is at the bottom of every message!  :-)
>
>
>>I never had a problem with spam on unmoderated lists at bioinfo.org,
>>but then again I have hefty spam filters this end. (Please feel free
>>to put my email address anywhere you like - I welcome the spam so my
>>filter can learn more :) - Besides it could be a good experiment ;)
>>
>you must be running a Bayesian filter - SpamSieve, perhaps?  ;-)
>
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>>
>>
>>On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Eric Martz wrote:
>>
>>>At 11/20/04, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Can I ask why this list is moderated?
>>>>
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