Thanks again for your help Mark Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Louis Headley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Oliver Schulze L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] spamming of my list
> 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
