Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/03/13:58:44
> DJ, can your mailserv detect spam and avoid propagating it? That cuts the
> spam audience by half. Can it also send cancels to control to nuke the
The mail server drops lots of spam, but spam is hard for a computer to
recognize. Each one that gets through gets examined for key phrases I
can add to the filter.
> spam in the newsgroup? That would cut the rest out but your ISP might have
> an opinion about cancelling other peoples' messages, although I think it
> is justifiable in the War Against Spam(tm).
Cancelling newsgroup messages based on content is a major no-no on
usenet, regardless of how spammy they are. The only alternative I've
seen is robo-moderation, where everyone who wished to post had to
register their e-mail address (the one used in the post) beforehand.
> To wit, I have noticed the Signal to Spam Ratio(tm) getting slowly worse
> over the past couple of weeks.
Two suggestions:
1. Ignore the spam.
2. Post a greater number of non-spam messages.
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