[Bioperl-l] Scour Friend Invite

[Chris Fields]

I believe there are spam filters in place (Jason and Chris D. could  
probably indicate more on this).

chris

On Aug 8, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:

> Thanks Stefan--this makes a lot more sense to me than supposing
> a priori that a previous legitimate user of this list is spamming  
> bioperl-l
> intentionally. I would prefer to initially give the benefit of the  
> doubt
> to the intelligence of the users, rather than scare people off who are
> likely to be already mortified that their emails have been  
> commandeered
> like this. I would definitely support an spam filter that works.
> MAJ
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Kirov" <stefan.kirov at bms.com 
> >
> To: "Hilmar Lapp" <hlapp at gmx.net>
> Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] Scour Friend Invite
>
>
>> Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>>> Just FYI, I am addressing this offline. Note to everyone: we don't
>>> tolerate this and it will get you removed from the list immediately
>>> (and banned for the second offense). This is a large list. You  
>>> better
>>> spend the time and be very careful who you send this kind of stuff  
>>> to
>>> before you waste everyone else's.
>>>
>>> -hilmar
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>>>
>>>
>> It is quite possible this guy has no idea scour is spamming people on
>> his behalf. It seems to me there should be spam-filter trained to  
>> take
>> care of these guys.
>> As a reference:
>> http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=955786
>> http://markmail.org/message/fzlutwd3mkforbsu
>>
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