From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-04-16T06:05:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] spam filter Was: Re: Urgent Assistance

> The mail-news gateway is filtered: I run SpamAssassin on messages going 
> to both directions. However, the mailing list itself is open, so anyone 
> can post to ruby-talk directly.

This explains a lot.  I have never seen a mailing list with as much spam 
as ruby-talk, and this might be the reason.

It is typical for a mailing list to be members-only.  This doesn't exclude 
anyone because everyone is free to become a member by going to the 
listinfo page.  I would expect this to stop the bulk of the spam.

Any thoughts?

-- 
Daniel Carrera
Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Math Dept.
University of Maryland.  (301) 405-5137