Re: Measures against spam in rp-ml

From: Terry Wohlers (tw@wohlersassociates.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 17:34:51 EEST


Hannu and Seppo,

Thank you for addressing the concerns of the mailing list. The rp-ml is the world's number one online forum for sharing information on rapid prototyping and related subjects. I hope it remains that way for years to come.

Some subscribers may not know that you are doing all of this on a gratis basis. The server hardware, software, purchases such of SpamAssassin, your time, and so on, are donations on your part. Many thanks for your work and commitment to this incredibly valuable service.

Some of us may want to send a donation as a token of our appreciation. What postal address should we use?

Best regards,

Terry

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1511 River Oak Drive
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 USA
970-225-0086
Fax 970-225-2027
tw@wohlersassociates.com
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Seppo Niemi
  To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
  Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 5:36 AM
  Subject: Measures against spam in rp-ml

  Dear Everybody,

  I have just installed a piece of software called SpamAssassin to the
  rp-ml mail server. It should cut down the amount spam on the list.

  The software checks every incoming message and calculates a "spam
  value" for it. If the value is high enough, the message is flagged as
  spam and tossed away.

  This is not a perfect solution, there'll still be a certain amount of
  spam which is not caught by SpamAssassin. And it is also possible that
  some perfectly legitimate mails will be rejected as spam because the
  software thinks it "looks like spam". But I think this is still an
  improvement.

  I also had to upgrade the Mail Transfer Agent software (Exim) to
  version 4.20 and some other components of the Operating System in
  order to get SpamAssassin installed. The list should, however,
  continue to work just as before. The server hardware is slow and old
  and this new software requires a lot of computing power, so there may
  or may not be some occasional timeouts or delays.

  If you experience any technical problems, please send mail to
  zaphod@rapid.lpt.fi and let me know.

  //zaphod



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