discuss: Progress on the Anti-Spam HOWTO
Subject:
Re: Progress on the Anti-Spam HOWTO
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
31 May 2003 16:34:54 -0000
Message-Id: <1054399000.22281.17.camel@mysticchild>
One minor point to add - usually on the "In Progress" list there is at
least one contact shown - you'll have to decide who wants that
responsibility!
Tab
On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 08:23, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 10:46:32AM -0400, chris albert wrote:
>
> > What is the best way to do this? Should we get a cvs account right
> > away at tldp?
>
> CVS would be good for a group effort like this. AFAIK, what we need is
> a) a fixed doc title for cvs purposes and then b) each author needs an
> ldp/cvs account to access cvs (I have one now).
>
> So I think the first order of business:
>
> - Decide on Doc title
> - Decide doc format (sgml, xml, etc)
> - Decide doc scope (eg usenet spam, etc....)
> - See who has what areas of interest and divide responsibility among
> authors
> - Make sure we are listed as a "work in progress" with tldp (?).
> - Do an outline
> - Write ;-)
>
> > I was just going to use the one of the big howto templates
> > http://tldp.org/authors/template-ld/big-howto-template-ld.html
> > follow the authoring guide
> > http://tldp.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/index.html
> > using style suggestions from the gnome guide
> > http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/ .
>
> Just a personal note ... but I have worked very little with xml, and
> would like to learn that, and maybe this is a good oppurtunity!
>
> > Locally I'll import and export the sgml files from LyX so I wont need to
> > worry to much about sgml syntax.
> > Since I am in Quebec, I will also be able to get the doc translated into
> > French.
> > Since I am on dozens of anti-spam mailing lists, I thought once the doc
> > had some meat on it I would try and get
> > some help on specific technologies, since there really is too much going
> > on right now for one person to master.
>
> Can you suggest a few lists that aren't real high volume?
>
> > >I am doing
> > >postfix+procmail+bogofilter with the goal of getting at least one week
> > >in my life with no spam.
> > >
> > >
> > It can be done! Certainly at the local level, but it is harder site
> > wide because of false positives, and varying ham/spam profiles among
> > a large user base.
>
> Yes, of course. The best spam blocking is always the narrowest scope.
> One of my best rules is if html, probably is spam. That wouldn't work
> for most, I would guess though.
>
> > Have you thought of combining bogofilter with spamassassin?
>
> No, not really, but I should look into it. Right now I am spam free
> for about 3 days though :)))))))))))))))
>
> > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/bogofilter/bogofilter/doc/bogofilter-faq.html#spamassassin
> > http://www.randomhacks.net/2002/09/23/
> > http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/03/06/index2a_page6.html?tw=backend
> >
> > Let me know how you want to proceed.
--
Tabatha Marshall
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Linux Documentation Project Review Coordinator (http://www.tldp.org)
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