On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:37:25 +1030 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did that because I want to avoid receiving spam and private messages > from strangers on the list. Twenty-plus years of being on mailing > lists has taught me that they're full of nutters, and a prime cause of > masses of spam. And that automatic anti-spam systems always screw up. I should of done that... I am on a mailing list that for some reason I wasn't getting that person's messages and could only see what they said when someone replied to them.. That would of worked perfectly in that situation. I changed hosting providers.. I think that fixed it..... > > I'd do it all (send and receive) through an external service, but they > tend to erroneously reject list mail as spam, so I receive the > messages on a service that doesn't do that, it only accepts mail from > the list, and does no other filtering. Since I don't want that > service to get spammed (not having to manage that traffic in any > way), I avoid exposing its address by posting to the list from > another address that rejects all mail. I dont mind people coming to me OL... Until they say mean and hateful things in their email. And then, you get a special filter set up in your honor that has Claws silently delete your emails and not let me know that you sent me something :) > If you use the usual public services, gmail, yahoo, etc., they all > have uncontrollable and fallible anti-spam systems. It means you > have to continually check your junk mail folder for false positives > (so what's the damn point in doing any filtering?). Or, you don't > bother checking, and you seriously piss someone off who's been trying > to contact you, or simply miss out on solutions to problems and work, > completely unaware that you're missing some mail. You can turn off Gmail's spam filtering: *Create Filter* in:spam ( never send to spam) label:spam ( never send to spam) is:spam ( never send to spam) And for an extra bonus: TO = myaddress@xxxxxxxxx ( never send to spam) ======================= Thanks, Chris Please send *ALL* off list conversations to Chris@xxxxxxxxxx Otherwise, I will never see it. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
