Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:12:40 +0200 > Jelle de Jong <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am wondering why there is so much spam on this list. I can imagine it > > is a highly visible server but there are other list with much more > > traffic that don't have these amounts of spam. Could somebody enlighten > > me about this? greylisting, spamassassin? > > The list is deliberately open so that non-subscribers can post. > Receiving more than the usual amount of spam is an unfortunate > consequence. Because the list address is used as the contact address > for packages we maintain, it cannot be any other way. > > The list software in use is Mailman. I have used whatever settings > Alioth sets as default, assuming that they are reasonable. If you > believe their default settings are unreasonable, open a support ticket > with Alioth. I'll make any adjustments we can agree would cut down on > spam without impeding the normal functioning of the list.
Maybe you can create usual list, with members-only posting? Because spam not only annoy people, create huge traffic but also makes searching the archives harder. _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
