[R] Off topic:Spam on R-help increase?

[Marc Schwartz]

On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 12:36 -0600, Douglas Bates wrote:
> On 3/6/07, Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> > Bert Gunter wrote:
> > > Folks:
> > >
> > > In the past 2 days I have seen a large increase of  spam getting into
> > > R-help. Are others experiencing this problem? If so, has there been some
> > > change to the spam filters on the R-servers? If not, is the problem on my
> > > end?
> > >
> > > Feel free to reply privately.
> > >
> > Martin Maechler is still walking about upside-down after the DSC, slated
> > to return on March 8 (plus presumably a day or two to recover from the
> > flight...).
> 
> Actually he is walking around sideways at present.  He's in Dubai, not
> New Zealand.

LOL....and hopefully having a great time.

It is at times like these, as Uwe noted, where it becomes clear the
extent and results of Martin's efforts in filtering this stuff from the
lists.

Martin deserves a hearty "Well Done!" for managing this great resource
in a superior fashion.

Regards,

Marc