Thanks for the responses Carl and Bruce, I've been getting about 20 per day. Some days more. The noise is way higher than the signal level here. It's a low-used email list.
I'll try out filtering at the MTA level and see how it goes. On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 10:34 AM Carl Zwanzig <c...@tuunq.com> wrote: > On 12/12/2019 9:46 AM, Chromatest J. Pantsmaker wrote: > > I'm the system admin (though I'm not great at it). I have a problem with > > spam. Hundreds of spam messages are posted to my lists each week. > > (What's a acceptable level? I wouldn't spend many hours just to eliminate > 3 > spams a day.) > > > Is that the best way to do what I need? > > I'd go for #1, filtering at the MTA level, so that mailman generally has > less to do, for some ideas- > > https://www.howtoforge.com/spam-control-for-postfix > https://www.linuxbabe.com/mail-server/block-email-spam-postfix > > By implementing some of these, you may decide that spam-assassin isn't > necessary. > > Later, > > z! > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/chromatest%40chromatest.net > ------------------------------------------------------ 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
