Are spams on comp.lang.python a major nuisance?

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    >> > I read the group via NNTP, and I find that blocking all articles
    >> > posted from google.groups gets rid of all of the spam.
    >> 
    >> ... along with a far from trivial (I guess) percentage of non-spam,
    >> such as this post.

    Aaron> Every method has false positives, George.  (including this one.)

George makes a good point though, and it is a key element of how SpamBayes
works.  A single clue is not a binary selector for ham or spam.

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