Re: SPAM solutions

Steve Kennedy <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.majordomo.majordomo2.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 01:16:51PM -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:

> Richard Morse wrote:
> >I don't know if this helps, but for a small list (approx 80 members), 
> >restricting posting to only members of the list has worked for us 
> >(actually, we restrict posting to anyone in the Mj2 registry, for 
> >local reasons).  We get a lot of spam to several of our lists, but in 
> >the last 4 years, I think only one spam message made it through, and 
> >that was because I clicked the wrong button and accepted a CONSULT 
> >rather than rejecting it.
> The problem is that, for many list-owners, the CONSULTs themselves 
> present an unacceptable level of spam.

We just made sure CONSULTS for most of the lists happen for only certain
types of events. For general you're not subscribed events just send an
Email back to the sender saying that and how to sub. If it's a
spammer/junk it doesn't matter. If it's a real user they'll act on it.


Steve

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