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Subject: Re: [Fwd: EFF Mailing List Query]
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ queernet . org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 06:17:20 -0800
To: Tom Neff <tneff @ grassyhill . net>
Cc: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <329192406.1046062655@[192.168.254.79]>
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Tom Neff wrote:

>Spamprobe (Brian Burton) is worth it.
>
>	http://sourceforge.net/projects/spamprobe/
>
>Since installing it I have to delete one or two spams per day - that's it.
>Meanwhile the spamprobe folder collects hundreds of spams per day.
>
Again: one false positive makes ANY technique not worth it -- because it 
prejudices me to believe the message is spam, making me even more likely 
to skip it.

>I spam protect my lists by making them members only.  Simplest most effective
>technique I've found.
>  
>

Doesn't work very well when a spammer subscribes, which happens often on 
our adult-content lists.



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