List Spam Filtering

[RW]

On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:29 +0100
Bruce Cran wrote:

> On 17/05/2013 11:42, Jerry wrote:
> > Seriously? If some potential poster were so brain dead that he/she 
> > could not comprehend how to subscribe to the mailing list then I
> > would seriously doubt that they would possess the necessary skills
> > to install and run FreeBSD to begin with. Lets be honest here. All
> > that the present system does is act as an enabler for Spam
> > merchants and Trolls. 
> 
> Yes, seriously.  Have you seen the number of people who post messages 
> "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!", apparently not 
> understanding how to manage their subscription?

There's also the likelyhood that reluctant subscribers are less likely
to take care about avoiding various types of backscatter. 

It seems to me that the level of spam in list is pretty much
negligible.