spam

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:32:26 -0600
skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     >> I'm pretty sure all of the spam is automated, so your message won't
>     >> get through to anyone.
> 
>     D'Arcy> Well, it got through to us adding to our spam problem.
> 
> Right.  I apologize that so much spam seems to be leaking through still.  I

In fact my system successfully filtered out the original spam so that
was not my problem.

> am working on the problem.  I'm pretty sure at this point that I am seeing
> all the spam (even those messages which gmail thoughtfully traps for me) and
> have modified things slightly so that I can dig into the reasons why some
> spams are missed and some pretty obvious hams are held.

I am sure that we all appreciate your efforts.  That doesn't mean that
we should depend on you to block 100% of the spam.  We need to take
some responsibility on our own systems too.

> So, best approach now when you see a spam message is: try to rein in your
> sarcastic wit and just hit the 'd' key.

Well, yes, that was my point.  I had managed to filter out the spam but
then had to deal with someone responding here to a spam that I never
saw.  The sarcasm was directed at the person who replied to the spam
rather than hitting the 'd' key.

This conversation sounds like we are in "violent agreement."  :-)

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