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Re: binutils,I will pay your way into Infinite Abundance! - SPAM
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:21:25 -0400
- Subject: Re: binutils,I will pay your way into Infinite Abundance! - SPAM
- References: <m38yp86tyw.fsf@gossamer.airs.com> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0309021730080.69698-100000@dair.pair.com> <20030903000213.GN1320@bubble.sa.bigpond.net.au> <m3fzjepasz.fsf@redhat.com> <87pthfmd34.fsf@wasabisystems.com>
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:31:11AM +1000, Ben Elliston wrote:
>Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> That would be nice, but I believe that it is FSF policy to have
>> open, unmoderated lists. On the grounds that it is better to accept
>> all messages than to block some, and possibly block a genuine,
>> worthwhile message.
>
>Instead, the situtation is that you are just as likely to miss a
>genuine worthwhile message amongst the mountain of spam.
FWIW, I look at most of the blocked spam and, if I notice a message that
hasn't made it through, I usually forward it on to the correct list.
This isn't a perfect solution, of course, since I'm human, but I don't
think we're losing too much valid email to the spam filtering.
cgf