Hi,

On 12/19/21 2:13 PM, Nikolay Bulykin wrote:
Greetings all!
Since yesterday NWR-Hist mailing list is getting different spam emails. All of 
them was held automatically and users were blocked afterwards but the number of 
this mails doesnt't look good: we've got 6 so far, and one of them was literal 
scam mail pretending to be some Wikimedia staff mail about spam problem (but 
with fake lookalike address). Do I have to do something except that I've done 
already? Or should I notice someone in WMF?

Unfortunately these kind of spam mails are pretty common. Most larger lists are configured to reject or discard emails from addresses not subscribed to the list, rather than holding them.

If someone is impersonating WMF staff, we can globally block the address, but usually it's some LTA/troll who quickly moves onto a new throwaway address.

If you notice any common patterns in the spam, like a common domain or something else, we can try to set up global filters on that basis.

-- Kunal
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