[Biopython-dev] Spam: How about restricting posting privileges to only subscribers?

[Jeffrey Chang]

On Jan 5, 2004, at 6:13 PM, Brad Chapman wrote:

> Hi Danny;
>
>> The majority of spam that I'm receiving nowdays is coming from the
>> biopython-development discussion list.  It's really disheartening to 
>> try
>> reading the archives, and come up with nothing but spam.
>
> Yeah, I've been questioning to myself in my head about what exactly
> is going on -- it seems like biopython-dev is letting way more spam
> through then the other open-bio lists. I'm not exactly sure why this
> is, but I'm not really the best person to comment on this as I know
> nothing about the mailing list setup -- Jeff or Chris, do you guys
> have any clue why biopython-dev is seeing so much more spam?

I've been wondering this myself.  I don't know anything about the 
mailing list setup, so am not much help either.  However, the spam 
filter seems to be active, as it's still tagging some mail as spam.  
It's odd that so much crud is still getting through, though.

Jeff