On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Alexander Vidybida wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:11:44PM -0500, Raymond Toy wrote:
> >
> > If the forums are those web-based thingies that I have to respond to
> > via some web page, then I will not be reading them. I can't stand
> > using a web browser to enter messages. Sorry.
> >
>
> I join this opinion.
YES!
I tracked all kinds of mailing lists and news-groups during the
last years. There always were periods with a high amount of spam
or useless advocacy and flame wars.
The best way to deal with this is to use a fast console mail
client like pine or mutt (I am using pine), which lets you browse
the subject lines quickly and send all trash to /dev/null with
one key-stroke.
Regards,
Uli.
>
> At the same time, I must say that >this< amount of spam does not bother me.
> In 99% cases it takes about 1 s to detect that a message is spammed to
> [Maxima] list, based on its subject, and to delete it. (In my mailer 40 symbols
> from the Subject content are displayed initially). It is a kind of
> fast pattern recognition, which can be pleasant.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Alexander
>
>
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