I thought I'd describe a spam problem related to mailman I'm having and
propose the solution. If anyone can tell me one way or another whether
mailman avoids this "spam attack" I would appreciate it.
I have two lists: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The spammer sends forged as [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The
mail gets held for approval and a message gets sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
informing it that the message has been held (often times the subject line
is mentioned and contains lewd content which I'd rather not have sent out
to subscribers on [EMAIL PROTECTED]). This is why I used the word 'indirect
spam'.
Couldn't mailman redirect bounce/moderation notifications in the case
where the FROM address is a mailman list and send it to the site/list
administrator instead (or maybe drop it completely??)? I think this would
avoid spamming the list subscribers while adding a minor load to the
administrator's work.
Does mailman 2.1.x already do this? If not, would this break something in
mailman? Is it unreasonably restrictive on the site/list administrator(s)?
I'm running 2.0.x (debian stable iirc)
Thanks,
-Matt Helsley
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