Yeah, I wanted to avoid that because non-subscribers often email the list trying to contact the list admins or organization representatives instead. I've tried the first link above up through step 4. Step 5 is adding an additional filter to Spam Assassin and doesn't appear to be directly connected to the first four steps.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM Richard Damon <rich...@damon-family.org> wrote: > On 12/12/19 12:46 PM, 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. > They're > > non-subscribers so they don't go to the lists, but they *do* go to me, > the > > list owner which floods my inbox. > > > > I'm looking at the page on how to use SpamAssassin: > > > https://wiki.list.org/DOC/4.23%20How%20do%20I%20use%20SpamAssassin%20with%20Mailman%3F?action=show > > > > > > Is that the best way to do what I need? > > If so, what's the best method to use in my case? > > My system: > > Mailman 2.1.20 > > Apache2 / 2.4.18 > > Postfix 3.1.0 > > Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS > > If you can't get earlier filtering to get the rate low enough, you may > need to just change the option > > Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit > action is defined. > (Details for generic_nonmember_action) > > To discard so you don't get the messages (don't set it to reject or you > will be backscattering). It does say that you won't see messages that > should go to the list but the send used the wrong account. > > -- > Richard Damon > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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
