[Nml-wg] Spam

[Paola Grosso]

On 09/04/16 12:34, Freek Dijkstra wrote:
> Dear list-lurkers,
>
> Just a short message that from now on, messages from non-subscribers to
> the NML list will be automatically discarded.
>
> Last few years I caught a few messages posted from non-subscribers,
> including people who changed email address, and HP's note that they
> implemented part of the NML scheme, so I was happy to manually sift to
> the spam looking for articulated prose from you.
>
> With a spam rate of 10-20 a week, this was doable. Unfortunaly, the
> number of spam has rather suddenly increased to a stunning 3471 messages
> waiting for moderation in last 3 weeks. Hence this decision.
>
> Thanks for your understanding,
> Freek
>
Very good idea!
Thanks, Paola

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Dr. Paola Grosso
Informatics Institute
University of Amsterdam

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