just a general statement, I don't actually have a problem with the spam i get from any of the 4 or 5 majordomo listservs I'm subscribed to. I filter at mind end, and don't even notice most of it.
I was just thinking aloud that the a possible solution for spam on a open listserv like this, would be that before people are primitted to post at will, they have to send 1 message that gets approved by some supervisor or list controller, but I've been spending all day making firewall rulls so my mind is probably rattled :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Olszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Spam from linux-newbie > At 08:50 AM 3/10/2004 -0500, John T. Williams wrote: > >You could have a first message approval policy; > >by this I mean, before I can send messages to the listserv, you would have > >to approve of my first one. > > > >Sort of like packet filtering, but with e-mails. > > Who is the "you" in this sentence? I aseume you mean the list owner, the > only person in a position to do something like this. > > If that is the case, you, John, and everyone here needs to understand that > the lis owner, whoever he or she is, neglects this list. I doubt he or she > reads its traffic or participates in any way in its activity. I already > suggested the customary way to reach the list owner, but I doubt if that > would accomplish anything either. > > Beyond that ... do you (does anyone) know of mailing-list software that > actually implements this idea? How well it would work in practice is not > clear to me, but it is not a bad idea ... though the possibility of > spoofing From: addresses restricts its usefulness. My impression is that > the usual restriction method is to restrict posting to addresses that are > signed up for the list ... also imperfect, but good enough to screen out a > lot of the common SPAM styles. > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
