On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 07:28 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 9/6/06, Scott Castaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are we getting SPAMMED now? > > I'm really not sure why. The list is subscriber only, and the rest > passes through only manually. I certainly didn't let that mail > through. So, either someone subscribed that address or someone's > letting that mail through mailman. Does mail in mailman's queue > automatically go through if it sits there too long?
I don't believe that is the case, but I could be wrong. > A lot of this problem would be alleviated if the mail server stopped > more of the spam before it ever got to mailman. I don't know who's > really in charge of that. I believe it's usually the webmaster of the "host" or in cases of virtual host on a single physical host it could be someone from the organization being hosted or the owner of the physical host. > We've always been getting spammed, it's just a question of why it's > going through to the list now. I am starting to see more of this at other lists that I belong to. It seems that the SPAMMER is actually registering at the list and then sending their SPAM. One of the lists I belong to (Gambas) is currently changing the SPAMMERS passwd and then deactivating the account. One other move could be finding the "source" of the SPAM and blocking the IP or site from accessing the list site. > -- > Dan -- Scott Castaline aka Bad2theBone Hey! I was born crazy, what's your excuse? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
