Alvarez' spam posts to this list

[Jeff G.]

On 12/11/2010 11:02 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:40:49 -0800
> NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/2010 05:09 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:58:19 -0800 (PST)
>>> norberto alvarez<alvarezmaizonaba at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: norberto alvarez<alvarezmaizonaba at yahoo.com>
>>>
>>> [snip of too-obvious spam URL]
>>>
>>> I do have this alveraz fellow's posts filtered normally.  Today I
>>> was looking through the deletable spam in Claws mail before losing
>>> it completely and had to wonder why
>>>          norberto alvarez<alvarezmaizonaba at yahoo.com>
>>> gets through the list filters. Has no one
>>> noticed that his posts are dope spam?
>>>
>>> Just to make sure I'm not  being stupid here I followed his last two
>>> links to sites selling dope.  Where are the list filters/moderators?
>>>
>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>
>>
>> Applied filter "alvarezmaizonaba at yahoo.com" to message from norberto
>> alvarez<alvarezmaizonaba at yahoo.com>  - (unknown) at 12/11/2010
>> 01:58:19 PM deleted
>>
>> works for me.
>>
> As I said, I, too, have his stuff filtered.  I do believe, though, that
> the list should do its own filtering so as to conserve bandwidth,
> don't you?  It would also help those without a filtering strategy to
> avoid viewing the spam.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard

Ever heard the term pissing up a rope?  whack-a-mole?

If the site /is/ offering illegal drugs, yahoo /will/ do something about 
it but one needs to be persistent and serious.  Then there is the FDA as 
well (also pissing up a rope).

I just noticed these posts in passing and never had any interest in 
following unknown links but apparently you have - thanks for the heads up.