Re: [Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-30 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:47 PM + 2004-11-29, Gary Smith wrote: In one of the previous posts (Allow members to send e-mail to another list) it was mentioned that intelligent spammers could monitor the output of a list and then spoof one of the subscribed addresses. Indeed, this is a risk. I dont know much

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-30 Thread Douglas McCarroll
I'm a relative Mailman newby, but this is a big interest of mine. I've just set up a couple of lists, and here's what I've done to prevent the harvesting of list-user email addresses by spammers. Some may be excessive - I don't fully understand all the options - but when in doubt I take the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-30 Thread Mark Sapiro
Douglas McCarroll wrote: I'm a relative Mailman newby, but this is a big interest of mine. I've just set up a couple of lists, and here's what I've done to prevent the harvesting of list-user email addresses by spammers. Some may be excessive - I don't fully understand all the options - but

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-30 Thread John W. Baxter
On 11/30/2004 2:26, Douglas McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It really surprises me that the vast majority of lists (including this one!) blithely send out posters' email addresses to all subscribers. Of course, having an anonymous list means that posters have to sign their emails, or no

[Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-29 Thread Gary Smith
Hi. In one of the previous posts (Allow members to send e-mail to another list) it was mentioned that intelligent spammers could monitor the output of a list and then spoof one of the subscribed addresses. I dont know much about emails, but how is this possible that they can monitor the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stopping Spam

2004-11-29 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Gary == Gary Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gary In one of the previous posts (Allow members to send e-mail Gary to another list) it was mentioned that intelligent spammers Gary could monitor the output of a list and then spoof one of the Gary subscribed addresses. Gary I