A spammer is abusing my lists by sending spam with a forged From: address to the -Request addresses of my lists. The owner of the From: address gets a polite message that no commands were found and a copy of the original message, i.e. the spam. So far, I haven't been blacklisted, but it's only a matter of time. I can /dev/null mail to the request addresses, and I've been doing that as I engage in hand-to-hand combat with this spammer, but that keeps legit subscribers from using Mailman as designed and documented.
Is there a setting (or a hack) that will allow Mailman to respond to administrative requests via mail *without* including the original message? That will make it slightly less friendly for legitimate users who make mistakes, but it also makes abuse of the type described a complete waste of electrons. I know spammers don't care how much mail they send, but if there's *no* chance of a return because the message isn't relayed, perhaps they'll give up on this one. Thanks! --Bob (I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I've looked pretty carefully before writing. I can find general discussions of backscatter, but nothing on this specific subject. If it has been discussed, a pointer would be helpful.) ------------------------------------------------------ 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
