Louis Headley wrote: >The problem that i have is that my mailman in free from my webhost >(hostway.com) and it is an old version. I think that it is 2.0 or 2.1. I >could not do what Mark suggested in his first email because my version was >too old and didnt have that functionality. i have since deleted the list and >will put up a new list in a month or two. The spam was unbelievable.
Unfortunately, with a host list such as you have (had), there is not much you can do. Your original post said posts weren't reaching the list but were being held, and it was the discarding of held spam that was the problem because of the volume. About the only thing you can do is set the list to discard or reject rather than hold posts from non-members, but I think this is a 2.1 option and may not be available if you have 2.0.x. Also, discard vs. reject is somewhat controversial. Discard is best, but doesn't meet the needs of all lists. >even with this suggestion about the spamassasin, I am not sure that i would >be able to do, as i have no idea where to find the "x-spam-flag". This is something that would have to be done by the web/Mailman host before the mail reaches Mailman. It is not something you can do in your situation. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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
