Mel Sojka writes: > Folks I have an old server that is being hosted for a client. Because of > Phyton version it is running mailman 2.1.5 under sendmail. For some > unknown reason there seems to be a massive amount of spam going to the > list owner.
You can change the visible list owner address from $POST-MAILBOX-owner to something else, which will work for a while. However, the list owner address needs to be visible to members, at least, and in principle it has to accept spam content (so that members can forward you a spam post saying "look what got through!") So whatever vector got your list-owner on a spammer's list is likely to eventually "out" this one, too. > Is there some method in this version to stop this abuse. There is no way to stop random individuals from sending mail to your host, except to disconnect it from the Internet. All you can do is refuse it or filter it. Both of which make it possible that you've refused or discarded legitmate mail. You have to decide for yourself the balance between the volume of unwanted mail a human has to process against the risk of missing mail you want to see. The best strategy seems to be to have a good Bayesian filter at the level of the MTA and to train it regularly with new spam and new ham. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
