Re: Recent spam

[»Q« <boxcars@xxxxxxx>]

In <news:YLmdnTMgDPz9ZqPRnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tarkus <karnevil9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 7/12/2010 10:46 PM, »Q« wrote:
> > In<news:7uGdnZ1FnZO7e6rRnZ2dnUVZ_gydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Phillip Jones<pjones1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >  
> >> >  There is is no good way to construct a filter to at least mark
> >> > read. For example: all Caps in subject  
> >
> > Blocking posts made through Google Groups will do it.  Filtering on
> > the Message-ID header is easiest.  
> 
> It will block the spam we've been seeing recently, yes... along with
> a LOT of legitimate messages.

Do you have numbers to back up "a LOT", in the support groups in
particular?

I'd guess there's very little non-spam from in the SeaMonkey or
Thunderbird groups, since people tend to use those clients to access
the group.  I'd expect a bit more in the Fx group, but it'd be nice to
see what the numbers are over the past year or so.

More complicated filters can mitigate the potential horror of missing
a "legitimate" post from Google -- e.g., filtering only OPs from there. 

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