Do the spammers subscribe to the list? Can they handle a two step signup process (described below). If either of these is no, then the following measures might cut down on the noise (which IMHO is destoying the list):
- Limit posting privileges to members of the list - Make the signup process require a a two step process requiring positive confirmation to an email (e.g., when you subscribe, server sends an email which must be replied to in order for the subscription to be complete). - Revoke membership to repeat offenders of virus/spam Paul Kinnucan wrote: >Jim Snyder writes: > > Paul... > > > > Is there anything that can be done about the infected emails and junk email? Seems >like the last few months more and more of this stuff is occurring. Maybe there are >more and more users interested in jdee ;-), which would be understandable. > >Spammers love lists. It is inevitable that with the passage of time the >JDEE list will be discovered and targeted by an ever growing number >of spammers. The options are filtering or censorship. I don't want the >responsibility for vetting incoming mail. Filtering options as I understand it are >either centralized (i.e., filtered by Sunsite Denmark) or filtering >by individual members. I'm cc'ing this to the Sunsite staff >in case they have any centralized filtering solutions. > >Paul > > >
