Spam from gmail (Was: fascism)
in [Python]
|
Prev: wgv berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung, berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung testsieger, berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung mlp, berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung preis, hdi gerling berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung,
Next: Combining C and Python programs
From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain on 23 Feb 2010 18:29 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100 Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > And this has to do with python programming in what way? Are you new? Meta discussions about lists are generally considered on-topic for the list. > You, sir, are incredibly funny :) Yes, I am. That however is NOT on topic. :-) And just to bring this back on topic, I did do a test and found that splitting my mailbox between Python mailing list messages and Python newsgroup messages did not indicate that that was a good barometer of spaminess. There are also quite a few decent posts from gmail.com so blocking by that domain isn't going to be the problem solver either. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
From: Ned Deily on 23 Feb 2010 19:13 In article <20100223182923.4d259d12.darcy(a)druid.net>, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy(a)druid.net> wrote: > And just to bring this back on topic, I did do a test and found that > splitting my mailbox between Python mailing list messages and Python > newsgroup messages did not indicate that that was a good barometer of > spaminess. There are also quite a few decent posts from gmail.com so > blocking by that domain isn't going to be the problem solver either. Try following the list using gmane (either via NNTP, RSS, or the web). gmane does a pretty good job of filtering the spam. http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general -- Ned Deily, nad(a)acm.org
From: Aahz on 23 Feb 2010 19:21 In article <mailman.103.1266924766.4577.python-list(a)python.org>, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST) >Joan Miller <peloko45(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important* > >Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically >increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail >posts to this list? Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam. -- Aahz (aahz(a)pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer
From: Lie Ryan on 23 Feb 2010 19:41 On 02/24/10 11:21, Aahz wrote: > In article <mailman.103.1266924766.4577.python-list(a)python.org>, > D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(a)druid.net> wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:54:25 -0800 (PST) >> Joan Miller <peloko45(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> *Sorry by this message off topic, but this is too important* >> >> Is it just me or has the spew from gmail on this list radically >> increased in the last week? Anyone else considering blocking all gmail >> posts to this list? > > Joan Miller is a regular poster; this is off-topic, but it's not spam. Does being a regular poster exempts you from having your post considered as spam? That's an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Inverse_ad_hominem.
From: Steven D'Aprano on 23 Feb 2010 20:38
On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:09 +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: >> Hmm. I wonder if all the spam is coming from the NG side. I'll have >> to look at that. One of the reasons that I stopped reading UseNet over >> ten years ago was because of the diminishinig S/N ratio. I have always >> felt that it was a mistake to gateway this group. > > And this has to do with python programming in what way? I think the question of whether or not comp.lang.python is being spammed, and if so, what we can do about it, is a good question to raise on comp.lang.python. Where else do you think it should be discussed? -- Steven |