on 3/2/03 1:29 pm the person going by the name Neil Walsh at
marvin@Redbrick.DCU.IE spake :
quoted 5 lines Just install a decent spam blocker, like SpamAssasin. If you don't have admin> Just install a decent spam blocker, like SpamAssasin. If you don't have admin
> rights, then pester the admin to install it. The way to look at it these days
> is spam is unavoidable, so it's best not to get worked up about trying to
> prevent it getting to your mailbox, but just to divert it to it's own mailbox
> and delete as needed.
I know all this - that's why I said I didn't want to get into an argument
and why I have a unique address for this list. But part of the point is that
anyone with any degree of responsibility keeping an archive should be aware
and munge/withhold the address anyway. I'd like to limit the noise on the
internet as close to source as possible, rather than it getting to my server
[or my desktop which also has numerous filters and programs blocking spam].
But as I said before I don't want an argument it was a suggestion/request.
I'm a fucking sysadmin and so I know how to block spam, trace spam, and get
annoyed by spam. I get annoyed because of the munching of bandwidth that can
be used by irrelevant email. So stop it at source. It's more environmentally
friendly.
It's also helping propagate some of the more horrible outlook/email Viri,
and whilst that is people's own fault for having those features enabled on
their computers it's still good to stop the spread. Like wearing a condom
when you fuck a stranger.
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