From: Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@...>
Date: 2001-10-09T10:53:42+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22273] Re: This is not wanted. BRITNEY SPEARS NAKED----WOW!!!!!!

On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 14:45, you wrote:
> Christopher Sawtell <csawtell@paradise.net.nz> writes:
> > > Are there other steps we could take?
> >
> > Filter the feed from the newsgroup on the presence of the usual vulgar
> > expressions and the absence of the word "ruby" or a Subject line fully in
> > CAPS or punctuation.
> >
> > That will probably catch enough of the junk to keep me happy.
>
> Excellent. If you'd like to send me a method that takes a header and a
> body, and returns 'true' if the message should be blocked, I'll
> experiment with integrating it. At first, I'll simply have it add a
> *SPAM* flag to the subject. That way we'll be able to see if it's
> working, and at the same time you'll be able to avoid the messages you
> find offensive.

Thats a good compromise, but you might have to wait a little while and 
possibly put up with some rather 'odd' code. I'm truely new to Ruby. I'll do 
what I can.