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Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ queernet . org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:23:55 -0800
To: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>
Cc: J C Lawrence <claw @ kanga . nu>, Bob Bish <bobbish @ earthlink . net>,list-managers @ greatcircle . com
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Chuq Von Rospach wrote:

> Frankly, Roger, I think you'll find the spam situation has gotten so 
> bad that if you do implement whitelisting on your role accounts, most 
> users will nod their head in sympathy and wish they could too, 
> especially if your return message says something like "I'm sorry to 
> put you through the hassle, but we get so much spam now to this 
> address, it's the only way we can make sure we find your message in 
> all of the spam". 


As I wrote to Chuq privately...

Well over 90% of the mail I get at my personal addresses is spam, but so 
far, I haven't seen a solution -- TMDA, Brightmail, SpamAssassin, 
whatever -- that seemed like any less a hassle than just deleting it.



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