X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_CG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20100520163734.GA15564@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <4BF52D3E.1040607@hones.org.uk> <20100520131447.GA23973@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4BF54AD8.8000806@hones.org.uk> <20100520163734.GA15564@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 18:55:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: new mirror From: James Miller To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 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 > > -- > Problem reports: =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: =A0 =A0 =A0http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > --=20 Best wishes, James Miller -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple