On 10/17/06, Lindsay Haisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, discard_these_nonmembers on the same admin page I cited is a better > option if most of it is spam.
Just to expand on what Lindsay is saying: Rejecting 'spam' mails means that mailman will send a message back saying the message was rejected. This is bad netcitizenry, because most likely, the return address on the spam is a fake, so by sending the spam bounce, you're actually spamming someone wlse (at worst), or, at best, sending the mail into a blackhole. Which is to say: best case, the reject is worthless. Worst case, you're adding to the problem. Which is why Lindsay recommended that you use discard_these_nonmembers, which silently drops the messages, instead of sending an email back. Of course, the other side of this is that if there are legitimate messages that get discarded, you won't know they were ever there, and the person won't know they didn't get to you. -- - Patrick Bogen ------------------------------------------------------ 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
