Forum spam

[Scott Kitterman]

On Saturday 24 June 2006 21:06, azz wrote:
> Carroll Grigsby Wrote:
> > For the second time this week, we have been directly spammed by the
> > forum link
> > (aka ohiggins). That's simply unacceptable, particularly for a
> > distribution
> > that has aspirations to be a player in the enterprise arena.
> >
> > My first thought is to filter all forum postings directly to the bit
> > bucket,
> > but that would deny access to the useful information that does appear
> > on the
> > forum. A far better solution would be to modify the forum software to
> > kill
> > the spam before it ever gets posted. I read a number of forums every
> > day, and
> > also I also subscribe to several other linux maillists all of which
> > seem to have effective spam filters installed.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- cmg
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ubuntu-users mailing list
> >
> > ubuntu-users (AT) lists (DOT) ubuntu.com
> >
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
> I beleive that quite a lot of spam already gets killed.  Perhaps some
> more details can help the problem.  I will see if I can draw this to
> the attention of someone who can do something more about it.
>
>
> --
> azz

One thing I would like to point out in this area is that people are somewhat 
routinely replying to spam to the list.  Please don't.

1.  My spam filters work reasonably well, so I virtually never see such 
messages.  Your replies, OTOH, get through.  They really add no value to this 
list and can be quite jarring, especially as some of the responses are 
extremely unpleasant.

2.  The spammers aren't listening.  Most spam is sent from forged addresses.  
If you reply to one of these, not only does the whole list get the benefit of 
your curses, the target of your venom is almost certainly not to get to enjoy 
your words of wisdom.

So, if spam comes through the list, please don't reply.  That's one thing we 
can all do right away to help with this problem.

Scott K