I think I'll look into this next. It seems that the postgrey implementation that I followed from a previous email has stopped the spam, but it's also stopped all other mail also! doh!
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 6:40 PM Gary R. Schmidt <grschm...@acm.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 > > With Postfix, you should activate the built-in SPAM control, "postscreen". > > The details on how to use it are in POSTCSCREEN_README when you install > from source, I don't where/if Ubuntu puts it, or if they build it for > their distro, but it just works. "man postscreen" should get you started. > > I have it checking spamhaus.org, spamcop.net, and barracudacentral.org > for blacklisting. > > I sometimes add IP ranges to "/etc/postfix/postscreeen_access.cidr", > (they've mainly been from Brazil, Korea, and China), when I notice a new > source that the blacklists haven't yet found, blocking out vast swathes > of the internet doesn't trouble me. > > Cheers, > Gary b-) > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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
