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@@ -25,18 +25,6 @@ license is included in the file COPYRIGHT.
Neal H Walfield
neal@cs.uml.edu
-? Generally Speaking
-
-?? There is so much spam in GNU mailing lists! Why?
-
-{OK} GNU mailing lists don't have spam filters so that anyone can post
-to mailing lists and mail won't get lost. It's expected that
-subscribers have their own spam filtering.
-
-Please don't raise this topic in Hurd mailing lists -- it's off-topic
-issue. Search mailing lists archives for threads about spam in Hurd
-mailing lists.
-
? Installation
?? Where do I get Debian GNU/Hurd?
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@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ Discussion around and questions regarding the
Discussion about the [[GNU_system|hurd/running/gnu]].
+# Spam
+
+GNU mailing lists used to have no spam filtering applied -- everyone was
+allowed to post, the lists were completely unmoderated. This resulted in
+getting the lists spammed very much, as you can see in the web archives. If
+you're interested in getting hold of (mostly) spam-free mboxes, then talk to
+[[Thomas_Schwinge|tschwinge]]. Also [[read_about|unmoderated]] the
+spam-rejection techniques being used today.
+
+
# Related
* [[IRC]]