[mythtv-users] OT: Spam?

[Phil Bridges]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 03:13:07PM +0300, Petteri Matilainen wrote:
>> On 7/30/08, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Petteri Matilainen <pmatil at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Just received a mail from mythtv-users at mythtv.org, titled
>> >> "[mythtv-users] Anjelina Jolie XXX Video Free." Why does mythtv list
>> >> send spam? The mail says I have subscribed to MSN featured offers. I
>> >> didn't know I did, and even if I had, this is clearly a virus-spam
>> >> message. How to disable these in the future? List configuration
>> >> doesn't say anything about this.
>> >
>> > Since you're using gmail, how about using the "Report Spam" button?
>> > Youd don't even have to open the email.
>>
>> Thank you Phil, I know. Just wondering how these kind of messages come through.
>
> They come through because spam filters occasionally leak, fercrissake.
>
> And no, I wouldn't use the Report Spam button, unless you were pretty
> certain that the effect of that would not be to convince gmail that
> *the mailing list sender* is a spammer, which often happens.
>

Actually, gmail uses a bit more than the mailing list sender.  I
reported it as spam, and I'm still getting mailing list emails.