Re: Warning about mail to lists from non-subscribers

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> The freeciv lists are closed, in the sense that only list subscribers can
> post to them. If your email address is not in the subscriber list, you
> cannot email the list directly. Any email that is sent to the list from an
> address not in the subscriber list goes to the list moderator (that's me)
> for approval first. This has worked fine for quite a while and has reduced
> the amount of spam on the lists to just about zero.
>
> However, the last few days I've been bombarded with virus-mails and
> auto-response mails from anti-virus programs that fill up the moderation
> queue. This means that I can spend much less time checking every mail to
> see if it is legit and should be passed on to the list. So please,
> ensure that you either send email to the lists from your subscribed
> address, resubscribe with your new address, or subscribe all your known
> email addresses and set all but one as vacationed.
>
> For more help on how the lists work, send 'help' to ecartis-0/[email protected]
>
> If you need help getting addresses changed or subscribed as vacationed,
> contact me offlist.

Perhaps it would be warranted to put a virus filter wall before you have
to read the emails?

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa