On 2021-05-26 22:50:57 (+0800), Julian H. Stacey wrote:
Kurt Jaeger wrote:
Hi!
On May 25, 2021, at 8:53 PM, jake h <[email protected]> wrote:
I have recently received several pieces of spam mail, apparently
sent via
this mailing list. These pieces of mail are the usual spam formula;
Your
phone has a virus, Ads, Fake blackmail, so on and so forth.
Has anyone else noticed these spam emails, or is it just me?
I'm receiving these too. It looks like the servers are bouncing some
of them just for me, even. And I'm receiving not just from this
list; also from freebsd-hackers@ and ports@.
postmaster@ is aware of the problem, we do not yet have a clear-cut
solution and we're investigating.
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[email protected] +49 171 3101372 Now what ?
I'm on most lists & also seen much spam lately.
Changing Mailman list configs to only allowing postings from
subscribed
addresses could dump nearly all spam; (I'm a Mailman admin elsewhere
).
This was how the majority of FreeBSD mailing lists were configured.
Most lists were set to discard postings from non-subscribers. Some were
set to hold. A few were set to reject.
But @freebsd.org has prefered open lists for near all lists.
Best only for the initial fresh- after- install- questions@, IMO.
This has not been true for a good while now. Historically, nearly all
our lists were indeed open. In recent years, we've made most lists
subscriber-only, with some exceptions and whitelists.
List back end responses to eg isp@ & hackers@ have recently migrated
from Mailman to Mlmmj, I guess that shouldn't directly affect spam
protection ? but it'd be interesting to know what advantage the
migration might bring @freebsd.org ?
For one thing, running supported software means we can continue
upgrading our mailservers with fewer worries. Mailman 2 relies on
Python 2, which has unfortunately become abandonware.
Philip
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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises
