> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 01:38:49 -0800 (PST) > From: Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.) > > > Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. wrote: > > > > Wow..I just saw it for myself...someone signed up to a confirmed- > > opt-in group which I moderate (yahoo group) specifically for the > > purpose of spamming it (pron spam, too). > > > > It has been suggested that this can be done by some sort of robot - > > anybody know how that works? > > trivial... see basic psuedo code outline below >
This is partly why I hacked up my running copy of Majordomo to require a few approved messages before allowing unrestricted posting privileges. Any new subscriber who tries to post gets their messages bounced to the list-owner until a list-owner-configurable number of messages has been approved - usually 2 or 3. It prevents this kind of problem, as well as other obnoxious newbie problems. I really think newbie filters are a good idea, and hope that other MLMs implement them. I'm pretty sure a few MLMs do, but I'm not sure which ones.
