Re: SPAM DB 1.6.0 has been released - now OT if not originally

robertsboyle_at_o2.ie (Jaggie) wrote in message news:<91f0e1bb.0403040512.44425936_at_posting.google.com>...
> > So here's my proposed compromise. Anyone that wants to can post whatever
> > they wish where-ever they wish. Those of us that are offended reserve
> > the right to label those messages as offensive spam and make as sure as
> > we can that no one does business with the spammers. You will not waste
> > bandwidth in our usenet disagreeing with our labelling of the posts as
> > spam.
> >
>
> But you are free to waste our bandwidth labelling them spam? Double
> Standards? Not surprising from you to be honest but come on. If
> someone is advertising a job et al then I am well able to distinguish
> that it is spam - I do not need you or any of the Spam Vigilantes to
> point it out to me - nor do i need to read it, therefore it is
> irrelevant.
>
> There is spam posted to this group. I know it, you know it, the whole
> world knows it. Do we need you to point it out to us. No.

Wrong. The spammer doesn't know it. Newcomers to newsgroups with experience in chat rooms and IM don't know it.

 If there is no objection then spammers and new readers will conclude it is okay to post spam in this group, and over time the spam volume will overwhelm the real threads.

Daniel's proposal is the way it should work. It's the way it worked in this group before now. It is the way it works in other groups.

This whole discussion is actually good for the group on occasion. It's a training session for newer members to learn what's proper to post and what's not welcomed in a group.

HTH,
  ed Received on Thu Mar 04 2004 - 13:25:16 CST