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Date:	Thu, 20 May 2010 18:55:24 +0200
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Subject:	Re: new mirror
From:	James Miller <jmiller AT parentinginformed DOT com>
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Hello Christopher,

Thank you for the explanations! I wish I understood it in the very
beginning... I hope the information about our new mirror will find or
found the right person.

James


On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 05:31:16PM +0200, James Miller wrote:
>>You are absolutely right - I had to put my e-mail in plain text just
>>because I had to let the sourcemaster know the contact e-mail address
>>due to rules on the page about mirroring. On the other hand our mail
>>server is very good in spam filtering, so I don't think it will be a
>>problem :)
>
> I think you're missing something.
>
> The point was to reduce the spam load on the currently not-too-highly
> spammed sourceware account. =A0By duplicating the raw email address twice
> you've increased the likelihood that I'll see spam. =A0Even if I don't,
> sourceware also has good spam filtering but that is no reason to
> increase the amount of email to sourceware that gets dropped on the
> floor.
>
> So this has nothing to do with your person spam filter. =A0It has to do
> with list policy and not getting *my* account spammed.
>
> I don't want to beat a dead horse here. =A0I know that Cliff knows what
> I'm talking about and he was obviously trying to help. =A0It's not that
> big a deal but I don't want there to be any confusion about this in the
> archives.
>
> cgf
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Best wishes,
James Miller

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