Re: Leaving this list. On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:48:55 -0000, usenet@DavidFilmer.com wrote:

>On Jun 5, 4:47 am, beginner.p...@uponthemountain.com (Ron Goral)
>wrote:
>> I am leaving this list even though I've been here for several years...
>> I am fully disgusted by the amount of spam I receive.
>
>As others have pointed out, the spam is not coming from the list
>(though the list has exposed your e-mail address to spammers).
>
>However, FWIW, this list is reflected out to usenet as
>"perl.beginners".  You can participate via usenet instead of a mailing
>list (and that gives you more flexibility in protecting your e-mail
>address).  However, I don't know if a usenet reply (such as this one)
>is reflected back to the mailing list (anyone?)


Yeah, the usenet interface works really well, I started using it a few
years ago for the same spam reason.

One gripe I have though, is it also filters out any messages that have
base64 encoded content in it....... even if it's not spam.

zentara




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