Re: Spam on the list

> ummm, I wonder if this is possible myself. I have not read SourceForge
> policies on this issue, but I imagine they must have some kind of spam
> filtering going on. Now, I'm subscribe to many lists at sourceforge and
> various other places and they do get this kind of messages, rarely but
> they do -- just as phpslash-users does.

> We definitely need not only spam filters, but blackholes setup (by IP a=
nd
> whatever else we can use -- open proxy, etc...). Whoever uses this list
> legitimately should know better.
>
I would hope that the rbl and open-relay list filters are set-up on the
majordomo server.  It is one of the first measures I took on my mail
server.  But at the end of the day - maybe it is worth having some
authentication of the kind so that only subscribers may post.
That puts an extra hurdle in the way of spammers.

Offenders can then be removed.  I like the "human readable gif" method
myself.  The "let us mail you your password - and then come back." has th=
e
problem that most people(including myself) are very paranoid about puttin=
g
our email addresses in these places.

Orion
--=20
OrionRobots.co.uk - Robots from Sol to Sirius.


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