MLMPros wrote: > I have set my cpanel mail account to :fail: at mlmpros.biz for all > addresses not specifically listed.
That's only for mail sent TO non-existent email addresses at your domain. It does not check the From address on mail sent to you or your lists. If mail is addressed TO your mailing list, then that's a valid email address and it will get delivered to your list. Then Mailman looks to see who it's from and checks your list settings to see if it should be accepted or discarded or held for your approval. > My mailing list address is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I am receiving numerous virus and spam > emails with varrying addresses such as [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc. It's a common spammer trick to use your own domain in the From address to evade spam filters. Viruses also spoof any domain they find on the infected computers. Spammers also send viruses to attempt to infect more computers and use them as spam proxies. > These emails are delivered to > the list administrator as posts by a non-member to a members only list. > WHY? They are not legitimate addresses. Mailman can't verify if they are legitimate addresses, it can only check your list settings to see if they're members or if they pass other posting filters such as non-member addresses allowed to post, etc. You can set your list to discard postings from non-members. Go to Privacy Options > Sender Filters and for "Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined", select Discard and click the Submit Your Changes button. Then all those spam and viruses will be automatically discarded and you won't see them. hth, texas critter -- EL-M FAQ: http://www.emaillist-managers.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
