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

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