From: Ed Carp
Date: March 15 1999 4:45pm
Subject: Re: Do something about the spam, or this list is useless :(
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>I am being spammed from aol daily through this list, it simply can't be the
idea
>here!


Maybe it's your AOL account, rather than the list - I don't see that much
spam.

>There is alot of good input here but if i'll have to take all the spam as
well
>i'll rather do without the list. It's really too bad how many mailing lists
get
>screwed up by spammers, while the listsadmins sit flat on their butt doing
squat
>about it.


It's really too bad how many people will complain about list admins not
filtering spam instead of using their delete key.  Do you have any clue as
to how difficult it is to filter spam?  Folks who send this stuff have
software that is deliberately designed to not be easily detectable by
automated software.  Try it yourself sometime, instead of insulting the list
admins.