From: John W Higgins Date: 2009-06-06T07:17:59+09:00 Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet --00151750eed0a9a95e046ba14377 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Eric Hodel wrote: > On Jun 5, 2009, at 14:42, James Gray wrote: > >> On Jun 5, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Eric Hodel wrote: >> >>> It seems the gateway is passing a lot more spam these days. >>> >> >> Yeah, I'm leery to do any detection because I suspect it would become a >> maintenance nightmare as posters ask, why was my message blocked? So, if we >> want to go that route, we probably need to pass it to a maintainer with more >> time to watch over it first. >> >> If we all agree it's become more of a hinderance than it's worth, I can >> certainly shut it down. >> > > For the record, I wasn't even considering suggesting this. > > I'm also open to other options. >> >> Looking at my mail headers I see: >>> >>> Received: from Usenet via a Usenet to mail gateway located at >>>> comp.lang.ruby. This service provided as a courtesy >>>> to the ruby-talk mailing list. If this message is SPAM, its >>>> ultimate origin is Usenet, not this gateway program. All >>>> subscribers to the ruby-talk mailing list agree to receive the >>>> Usenet postings made to comp.lang.ruby via this gateway. Please >>>> see http://www.ruby-lang.org/ruby-talk-usenet-policy.html. >>>> >>> >>> That URL is 404. >>> >> >> Yeah, that notice has been there since the dawn of time. The link has >> never worked on my watch. I've just never touched it due to not knowing the >> history of it or what is suppose to be there. >> > > Could you replace the URL with a contact address, even if it's just "Please > email ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org for gateway support"? > > I have to ask why would we want people sending more spam to the list to complain about the spam we all just received? (This email being Exhibit A.....) John --00151750eed0a9a95e046ba14377--