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Re: Email rejected by gcc list
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Subject: Re: Email rejected by gcc list
- From: Bruce Korb <bkorb at sco dot COM>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 09:11:57 -0800
- CC: Dima Volodin <dvv at egcs dot dvv dot ru>, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>, Stephen Moshier <s_moshier at altavista dot com>
- Organization: Santa Cruz Operation
- References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0002071616450.27182-100000@nunki.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <389ee394.25406775@busybee>
Dima Volodin wrote:
> [[...]] From what I see ... from my prior experience with ORBS,
> ...[is that] it's approach is too aggressive and too
> self-important for a serious site. My experience also shows that
> dropping ORBS altogether and employing MAPS RSS only doesn't show any
> growth of spam traffic [[...]]
>
> Bottom line - I really wish gcc lists dropped ORBS.
Amen. Same problems with Netcom and PSI Net.
Even if you do treble the SPAM level, it is not
like it is very difficult to hit the old delete
key anyway. The aggravation experienced by the
people unable to post far outweighs any tiny
increment in protection gained by ORBS overkill.
Drop ORBS, please.