Anyone who has the slightest (0.00001%) notion of how much work goes into running the list server never complains about the list speed or spam. Only people who think that this is all done automatically by some big computer in the sky makes complaints. Dave Porritt Chairman, Electronic Communications Committee *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/6/02 at 9:07 PM Andrew M. Rudoff wrote: >>Can't whoever owns this list do a better job of filtering this garbage? >Or >>maybe this list is actually owned by Dr. Williams ???? >Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... > >Some amount of spam will always get through. Note that I had a filter >in place to catch this specific article within an hour of it being posted. >Not sure we'll ever be able to improve on that, sorry. > >I am planning an upgrade of the list software (and the entire server) >near the end of May. At that time, spam will have a harder time making >it on to this list (and I already reject dozens of spam messages a day >sent to pianotech). But it will never be perfect. So please just delete >without comment when you do see it -- anything else just multiplies the >negative effect of the spam message. > >-andy _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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