From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug spam Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:45:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87iqb5o7ie.fsf@red-bean.com> <878wc1h524.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874omph4f0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pr5dmqfw.fsf@red-bean.com> <877hrl1m5m.fsf@telefonica.net> <86hbqpctyh.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263444378 621 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2010 04:46:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes , Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 05:46:10 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NVHaz-0002j7-Bd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:46:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40280 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVHb0-0003kn-5d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:46:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVHau-0003kY-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:46:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVHap-0003kL-Oj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:46:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47929 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVHap-0003kI-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:45:59 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:47585 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVHan-0006SU-MM; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:45:57 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: At4EANkwTktFxLLV/2dsb2JhbACBRdY/hDAEijM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,272,1262581200"; d="scan'208";a="53720626" Original-Received: from 69-196-178-213.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.178.213]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 13 Jan 2010 23:45:31 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6D71B806E; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:45:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <86hbqpctyh.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:15:50 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119974 Archived-At: >> BTW, isn't it possible to setup a spam filter that automatically >> discards the most obvious occurrences? > The mails are already pre-processed by spamassassin before they get to > the moderators. The stuff that gets through has a low spam score > (check the headers). Maybe the spamassassin setup needs tuning, I > wouldn't know how. > There certainly is a lot of spam, as a legacy of debbugs refusal to > obscure email addresses published on the web. Almost all of the spam > comes in to emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com addresses. If it's ever > possible to drop that, there should be much less spam. I really really wish we could use gnu.org's "listhelper" to do the moderation. Stefan