[bjg@network-theory.co.uk: spam on gsl-discuss]

[Jason Molenda]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:32:46PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> We've been getting complaints about spam lately.  I guess it's time
> for some more fine tuning.
> 
> I could use SpamAssassin but I'm concerned about the amount of overhead
> it consumes.  It certainly isn't a speed demon on my system.

On the up side, we only process 5-7,000 mail notes a week to all
mailing lists..  1,000 a day sounds like a lot, but it's like one
a minute on average.  I don't know how long spamassassin takes to
run, though.

> I have some ideas about some additional tweaks to the current spam blocker.
> I think I'll probably give those a try before I thrown in the towel and
> go with SpamAssassin.

On possibility would be to use spamassassin on the low-volume lists.
The spam on these has a much higher visibility anyway.  If Cygwin
gets two spam notes among its daily batch of 100, it's not horrible;
if gsl-discuss gets two spam notes and no contentful notes, it
really stands out..

> In the meantime, does anyone know how to make a mailing list moderated?

I'd have to look at the ezmlm docs again; it's been years since
I've done that.  I'll look when I get home later tonight if it's
of any use.

J