stupidmail4me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My site is getting a lot of spam sent to my lists. > They are being sent from unknown people using forged > from headers. Mailman then sends an email to these > forged from headers telling them so and so list > doesn't exist. Most of these forged from headers > aren't real addresses, so there begins loops of > mailman trying to send out a message, and their email > servers telling mine that address doesn't exist. > > Is there an option in Mailman to just disregard > messages sent to lists that don't exist? I don't want > to send a message informing them that the list doesn't > exist, I just want Mailman to ignore it. Is this > possible?
Why does Mailman receive those mails in the first place? There should be no valid alias for those non-existing lists and the MTA thus should not accept those mails at all. If the MTA just returns a SMTP error "no such user", no additional mails are generated. Gruß, Hans Ulrich Niedermann ------------------------------------------------------ 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
