Re: Can somebody shut up the message delayed emails?

On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 01:51:40PM -0800, Matt Ackeret wrote:
> 
> Can a list admin do whatever is necessary to shut up those message
> delayed emails?
> 
> (I think they're the result of spams to the list??)

I sent a spam notice to Sourceforge as follows:

 Reporting spam backscatter from poorly filtered Sourceforge
 autoresponder, responding to a forged address (trn-workers) which NEVER
 originates mail.  AFAIK, all mail from Sourceforge mailing lists comes
 FROM the -bounce version so it ought not to be hard for you to spot
 this backscatter you're sending out.

 This is delayed-notification backscatter rather than classic
 backscatter bounces - five times worse as we get five messages not
 just one.  I  expect we will get several more notifications for each
 of the spams currently failing to be delivered from your queue.
 Please see
 http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=ISP%20Spam%20Issues#109
 for more information on where backscatter can get you.

We at my employer do not send bounces to any spam, even for receipients
who ordinarily request unfiltered email.  However Sourceforge don't have
a good reputation for dealing with spam.

Nick

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