> On Aug 18, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
>
> > I really like this list as part of my learning tools but
> the amount of spam that I've been getting from it is CRAZY.
> Doesn't anything get scanned before it sent to the list?
>
> This has been discussed on the list a number of times before,
> so I'll refer you to the archives for details.
>
> Basically, the mailing list receives postings from Google
> Groups and vice versa. Most of the spam comes from Google
> Groups. If you add a mail filter that deletes anything with
> the "Organization" header set to "http://groups.google.com";,
> you won't see much spam anymore. In my experience, you'll
> also miss a number of legitimate postings.
>
Ahhh, that would explain all the google stuff in the headers. Thanks for
the heads-up
I'll look at changing my spamassassin scoring for those.
Jason
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