I am a List Manager on a Lyris produced mailing list. There are Spam attacks frequently occurring due to a loophole in the subscription routine.
A Spam artist trawls the Internet and discovers both the subscription address and the posting address of the group. The Spammer prepares an identical message to sell goods or services and sends one to the subscription address and a short time later to the posting address (this is my deduction so details could vary). Members suddenly get a Spam message, which sends them ballistic and they write message of annoyance to the list. I intervened and required all new subscribers to be approved. That's when I saw the server's advice on a new subscription. I scrolled down the subscription request and read the Spam message. POINT: It would be GREAT if a mailing list server would reject any subscription request which contained more than the "subscribe ......." commands. I believe our site administrators are interested in the Mailman software. I am hoping that the SPAM scam can be defeated with your software. Eric Russell ------------------------------------------------------ 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
