From ccb13ab9e283fc39a228c67379277eb9759d6da9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:03:15 +0200 Subject: There no longer is much spam on GNU mailing lists. However, talk a bit about previous times on [[mailing_lists]]. --- faq.en.in | 12 ------------ mailing_lists.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/faq.en.in b/faq.en.in index 6bc9cb70..ae3d87d9 100644 --- a/faq.en.in +++ b/faq.en.in @@ -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? diff --git a/mailing_lists.mdwn b/mailing_lists.mdwn index 66cdbc78..66ae1f58 100644 --- a/mailing_lists.mdwn +++ b/mailing_lists.mdwn @@ -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]] -- cgit v1.2.3