On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 09:40 +1300, steve wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 09:18 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > > I run a couple of mailing lists on mailman, in fact someone else owns > > the iron and adminsters the machine, I am just the admin/moderator of > > the mailing lists. The lists can only be posted to by subscribers. > > > > Too often I get a message that spamassassin has identified possible > > spam. I look at the supposed spam message and it isn't from a > > subscriber address. > > > > So why doesn't mailman simply reject it as from a non-subscriber > > instead of bothering me that it is possible spam? I don't care if it > > is spam or not, if its from a non-subscriber, it should just be > > bounced or dumped without bothering me. > > > > Puzzled of ChCh. > Not being an expert on mailman, could it be the difference between the > sender ( as identified by the mail from: smtp handshaking ) and the > perceived sender ( the from: header in the mail body )?? > > Cheers, > > Steve
In the process of learning, I am going to ask the ignorant question. If mail is rejected from non-subscribers, how will subscription requests be handled by mailman? Take Care Tom
