Re: spam

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:32:26 -0600
skip@pobox.com wrote:

>I'm pretty sure all of the spam is automated, so your message won't
>get through to anyone.

>
D'ArcyWell, it got through to us adding to our spam problem.
>
Right. I apologize that so much spam seems to be leaking through still. I

In fact my system successfully filtered out the original spam so that
was not my problem.

am working on the problem. I'm pretty sure at this point that I am seeing
all the spam (even those messages which gmail thoughtfully traps for me) and
have modified things slightly so that I can dig into the reasons why some
spams are missed and some pretty obvious hams are held.

I am sure that we all appreciate your efforts. That doesn't mean that
we should depend on you to block 100% of the spam. We need to take
some responsibility on our own systems too.

So, best approach now when you see a spam message is: try to rein in your
sarcastic wit and just hit the 'd' key.

Well, yes, that was my point. I had managed to filter out the spam but
then had to deal with someone responding here to a spam that I never
saw. The sarcasm was directed at the person who replied to the spam
rather than hitting the 'd' key.

This conversation sounds like we are in "violent agreement." :-)

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