Maybe if we delete enough, they will just go away ??!! I'm deleting a lot. We have many very bright people on the list, and I appreciate their opinions. That other stuff is intrusive, and I hope it can be eliminated. Thanks Andy !! Carl / Winnipeg. "David M. Porritt" wrote: > Andy -- our list guru -- is currently installing software on 2 new > servers that will be used for this list, and for the PTG web page. > He is a very knowledgable professional who does this free. His > filters catch 95% of the spam that comes through. > > There are no filters that will catch everything. The spamers > generally have good brains too, and they can figure out how to get > their messages past the filters. When filters get two tight, > legitimate messages are delayed until they are approved by Andy and > people then gripe about how long it took to get a message delivered. > > Why is it that we can take junk mail from the mailbox and walk it to > the trash can and never say anything, but we have to make a big deal > out of moving our finger 0.3 inches to the delete key? > > Dave Porritt > Chair, Electronic Communications Committee > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 4/4/02 at 7:20 PM Robert Goodale wrote: > > >This list is getting buried in spam! If it isn't some stupid chain > >letter proposing to split a fortune for laundering money from > Africa, > >it's a Chinese company trying to sell lamps and ceiling fans! Today > it > >is yet another get rich quick thingy! HELP!!!! Filters, filters, > >filters! Is there a way to privatize this list? Perhaps a password > > >required to submit a post? > > > >Rob Goodale, RPT > >Las Vegas, NV > > _____________________________ > David M. Porritt > dporritt@mail.smu.edu > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > _____________________________
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