On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 04:16:10PM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
> That said, yes, the ruleset for IETF mailing lists probably needs
> tweaking, given the unusual nature of our content, with respect to
> spam/anti-spam work.

There's no need to run SpamAssassin on the IETF lists: simply configure
Mailman to reject all traffic from non-members and let the list-owner
add other needed addresses on an ad-hoc basis.  (Mailman will by default
hold traffic sent from addresses it doesn't recognize.  The interface
then allows the list-owner to either discard, accept or reject those
messages.  Simultaneously, it allows the list-owner to decide what to
do about the originating address, and one common choice is to add the
address to the list which are permitted to send traffic.  This avoids
involving the list-owner again when more traffic is received from the
same non-subscribed address.  I've used this mechanism for many years
and it works efficiently and beautifully, particularly with people who
use multiple addresses to end traffic to mailing lists.)

---rsk

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