List spam

[Jason Staudenmayer]

I really like this list as part of my learning tools but the amount of spam that I've been getting from it is CRAZY. Doesn't anything get scanned before it sent to the list?

Jason



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[Alain Ketterlin]

I really like this list as part of my learning tools but the amount of
spam that I've been getting from it is CRAZY. Doesn't anything get
scanned before it sent to the list?

I'm using nntp to read this newsgroup (through an academic server).
No spam at all.

-- Alain.

 

[gene heskett]

I'm using nntp to read this newsgroup (through an academic server).
No spam at all.

-- Alain.

Which I think re-enforces the conclusion I have reached, and that is that
the most obnoxious spammer here is injecting his spam directly to a machine
handling google's groups that is downstream of any filtering they claim to
do. Short answer is to disconnect the the NNTP link and make this list
into a REAL mailing list. Subscribers only, or get past a GOOD captcha.
Spammers have stuff that can do the average captcha in a second or less, so
choose the images wisely and randomize both the background and the text.

Cheers, gene
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[Terry Reedy]

into a REAL mailing list. Subscribers only, or get past a GOOD captcha.

I just had an idea. Ask 'What is python? __________________" or "What
can you do with a python?' with a free-form fill in the blank answer.
Look for 'computer', 'program' or 'language' in the response. 'snake'
fails the test.

Or 'Enter a Python keyword (search the tutorial if you do not know any)
____'

 

[gene heskett]

I just had an idea. Ask 'What is python? __________________" or "What
can you do with a python?' with a free-form fill in the blank answer.
Look for 'computer', 'program' or 'language' in the response. 'snake'
fails the test.

Or 'Enter a Python keyword (search the tutorial if you do not know any)
____'

Sounds good, but now you've trained the spammer who is without a doubt
watching this list.

Cheers, gene
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soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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"I may not be able to walk, but I drive from the sitting position."

 

[Prasad, Ramit]

Or 'Enter a Python keyword (search the tutorial if you do not know any)

Sounds good, but now you've trained the spammerwho is without a doubt
watching this list.

Teach them Python before they can post, I like it!

Ramit


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[Seebs]

Teach them Python before they can post, I like it!

I don't. If I want to get started in a language, I might well want to
read about it a bit, and maybe ask questions like "what is a good book
for me to start with?"

If I have to know the language to do that, well...

-s

 

[Chris Angelico]

I don't.  If I want to get started in a language, I might well want to
read about it a bit, and maybe ask questions like "what is a good book
for me to start with?"

If I have to know the language to do that, well...

When I start with a language, I want two things: a
compiler/interpreter, and online documentation. (A book would be
equivalent to the latter, but I tend to prefer to read things online.)
Asking questions comes later; first, I want to get a comprehension for
the language's features. By the time I join a list like this, I want
to be able to understand the answers I get.

ChrisA

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

I'm using nntp to read this newsgroup (through an academic server).
No spam at all.

I'm also using nntp (Usenet) and see very little spam. There was a flurry of
about ten *extremely* obnoxious pr0n spams in a row, and the occasional odd
one here or there, but generally I see hardly any.

It is ironic that some people say that the solution to the spam problem is
to move to Google Groups, because most of the spam comes *from* Google
Groups.