On 19 January 2017 at 18:55, Brian Carpenter <br...@emwd.com> wrote: > > I have a situation which is a little confusing on a server where I run > > Mailman. The subscription model is "confirm & approve" > > > > When I check the MTA's queue, I find hundreds of mail destined to certain > > addresses, and one address could have 10 or more same mail destined to > it. > > I cleared the queue before checking the contents of these e-mails, but I > > assume they were those 'confirm your subscription' ones to these > addresses, > > because I can see the addresses in in Mailman's subscribe logfile. > > > > Now this got me thinking: Once one has submitted a subscription request > and > > Mailman has dispatched the 'confirm' email, shouldn't mailman decline any > > further subscription requests from the same address if they decide to > > submit such, and as such shouldn't send any other confirm/verification > > requests as long as there is one still pending?? > > > > I am talking about a situation leading to a subscribe logfile like the > one > > at: http://bit.ly/2iFv5vi > > > > Might I be missing something in my list configuration??? > > Subscription spam which is what I think you are experiencing has been dealt > with to a certain degree by recent versions of mailman. The following two > functions I believe would be of assistance are: > > SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET > GLOBAL_BAN_LIST > >
> There is some detail information about them in Defaults.py I believe. > > Brian Carpenter > EMWD, Owner > > Providing Cloud Services and Mailman hosting for over 18 years. > > Awesome. So is it enough to add SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET = 'L1feSuX' to mm_cfg.py and restarting Mailman without doing any other thing?? The GLOBAL_BAN_LIST is self-explanatory when I read it. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft." ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
