Re: [kde-linux] Spam filtering and replying

Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
On Thursday 08 March 2007 18:40, Mark Ness wrote:

Just curious about that spam that got through. My spam filter didn't
catch it (and I would not have expected it to since it came through
kde-linux list), but I also did not mark it as spam because I though
thunderbird might start marking all kde-linux mail as spam.

My question would be: what prevents me or you from spamming the list?

I don't belive the proper way to fight spamming is with spam filters, sounds
like asking everyone to carry a gun to fight street insecurity. If someone
can provide informations on other ways to fight it I will be interrested to
know. Who really has any incentive to fight spam, it is a market after all?

As an example there is barely a month where paedophilia on the internet
doesn't make some headlines, and it appears they are even able catch people
just for downloading that material. So why is'nt it possible to purchase
spammers the same way? I haven't met paedophilia on the net yet (not
searching for it) but have received many thousands of spams.

(Out of topic)
In my paranoia I sometime think that paedophilia is a more politically correct
way to introduce notions like "security" on the net than spam, phishing,
troyans and so on...an excuse to filter on the content, not as you decided
for yourself but as someone else decided.
Mass media (like news papers and TV) are already mostly owned by the very same
people that decide of your fate. Internet, although full of junk, is the only
free(speech) medium we have left and I am deeply concerned it may disseapear
soon.
If Vista takes hold Linux won't remain unscattered, Vista claims to protect
DMR but I can do so much more.
see: http://badvista.fsf.org/
Was Vista part of a deal between M$ and the neocons? Well, I must be paranoid.


Greetings Perry


My question has already been answered, and other than that spam coming
through kde-linux list, this is not kde-linux related, but I'll go so
far as to say this.
"My only purpose for spam filtering is so I don't have to wade through
100 spams in my inbox to find one legitimate message. It's not about
fighting spam. I gave up that fight long ago. It's about putting in in
it's proper place, Trash".

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