On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Professional Software Engineering wrote:
PSE> At 08:17 2007-08-03 +0100, Alan Clifford wrote:
PSE> >It is. But you can use procmail defensively for this sort of thing. I
PSE> >use the address "lists(_at_)clifford(_dot_)ac" for posting to lists and
if a mail to
PSE> >lists@ is not from one of my subscribed lists, it is considered spam.
PSE>
PSE>
PSE> Er, uh...
PSE>
PSE> What about when people ON the lists reply offlist, with good reason, say
PSE> because the topic has turned from list topical?
PSE>
PSE>
PSE> Certainly, I apply a higher degree of spammishness to my list addresses
PSE> versus personal correspondance addresses (in my algorythm, all I have to
do
PSE> is set a running tab a bit higher because the message was addressed to a
PSE> "publicly harvestable" address), but the address isn't otherwise just
PSE> considered spam.
PSE>
I don't want people to send me personal email at the lists@ address.
--
Alan
( Please do not email me AS WELL as replying to the list. Please
address personal email to alan+1@ as lists@ is not read. )
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