binutils,I will pay your way into Infinite Abundance! - SPAM

[Christopher Faylor]

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