Re: Concerning CCMAIL keyword in CVS logs

Rob Kaper <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:56:42 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.policies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:29:51AM +0200, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> >I notice that "CCMAIL: ListEmail" causes the email of the list to be visible
> >in webcvs.kde.org. Can this be used by spamers to send junk to the
> > developing lists?. Or the suscription step does filter out much of this
> > spam flux?.
> 
> with a @kde.org mailaddress you are subject to spammers anyway. KDE's 
> spamassasin filters most of the spam. All KDE lists are open for subscribers 
> only (at least I am not aware of exceptions). All other mails (from spammers, 
> etc) is subject to review by the list administrator who will drop the 
> remaining spam.

Well, [email protected] (-> kde-www) is unfiltered so in case of an urgent
website problem there is no delay and/or dependency on a moderator.

What's worse, is that kde-common/accounts is probably also very accessible
to spammers.

Rob
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