Mark Sapiro
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:15:35 -0700
Ali, Saqib wrote:
bounceback spam is becoming a problem for me. spammers use the some email random email addresses in the From/ReplyTo field and spam my mailman subscription address @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This causes "unknown command" bounceback to some innocent email user who never sent any emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] how can I address this problem? The IP block owner for my servers wants a resolution ASAP.
There was a long discussion of this on Mailman-Developers in March. See <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2008-March/thread.html>. In short, the way to address this is to disable the -subscribe, -join, -request, -unsubscribe, -leave and perhaps other email addresses (remove teir aliases so they are undeliverable), and require the users to subscribe/unsubscribe/confirm/etc. via the web. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9