From: fbkotler@nospicedham.myfairpoint.net   
      
   On 12/20/2020 04:40 PM, Terje Mathisen wrote:   
      
   ...   
   > This seems like a no-brainer:   
   >   
   > Three lists:   
   >   
   > White - pass through automatically.   
      
   This is what I've got. I'm thinking of changing the name to   
   karenlist" so it won't be so racist (joke).   
      
   > Grey - require manual approval,   
      
   This is everything else.   
      
   increment good/bad counters until N   
   > messages. Here I would guess that N = 3 is sufficient as long as they   
   > are all of the same type. Maybe require something like   
   >   
   >    (good >= 3) && ((good-bad)/all > 0.8)   
   >   
      
   ???   
      
   > Black - remove automatically   
      
   With one exception, I do not automatically reject anything. When I first   
   got into this, there were many messages - several per day - with the   
   word "Viagra" in the subject line. Those I rejected. Doesn't happen any   
   more - there are very few "bad" messages. I don't know why. Once in a   
   while, a long (50k or more) "binary" (no regular linefeeds) message   
   named "Confirmation of your order" or so. Malware, I assume. Only a few   
   that want to sell us a fake watch or a fake diploma. An occasional gal   
   who has seen our profile and wants to be our girlfriend... Used to be   
   much more... I can't predict the names. so can't have a "blacklist". I   
   just delete 'em by hand,   
      
   > A former good poster who starts spamming would then be given an email   
   > warning and moved to the grey list with initial good/bad counts of 0/0.   
      
   I think there is only one individual who has been permanently removed   
   from the whitelist. (not Rick - he is very cooperative!). He was   
   insulting to a member (Rod). If he'd posted something on-topic_he would   
   have been back on, but he just wanted to argue with me. There is no   
   point in arguing with a moderator... you might be right, but you won't   
   win. :)   
      
   Then there are certain messages from Pete, which are - at least   
   sometimes - "sorta" on-topic or "almost" on-topic. but which we don't   
   seem to want to see here. I'm hoping I can leave Pete on the whitelist   
   and ask him not to post them here and ask the rest of us to be tolerant.   
     One way or another I hope it'll work out...   
      
   Best,   
   Frank   
      
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