Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closedto public posts

[Brian Beattie]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 12:41, David Ford wrote:
> No, actually you can a) reply to my -plain text- email and yes...this is 
> plain text that has been trimmed, b) wait because I'm involved in this 
> discussion, I go to my queue and pre-auth people involved.
> 
> So it's fine for you to have filters of your choosing, but someone 
> else's filter's of their choosing are obnoxious...very social.
> 
> viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 

Well it's all very fun, but I expect the spammers to figure out
challange and response soon enough.

> >Well, isn't it just fscking great...  So in order to send you an email
> >I have to
> >	a) cut the URL from your reply
> >	b) suspend mutt(1)
> >	c) type lynx '' and paste the damn thing in there
> >	d) pray that your setup doesn't use Javashit or something equally
> >obnoxious
> >That, BTW, assumes that your reply will make it through the filters on
> >my side.  The most obvious ones take care of HTML mail.  As in "Dave
> >Null might care, I don't"...
> >  
> >
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