On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 05:17:44AM -0700, Ted Kat. wrote: > > don't you just love those mail spoofers? I mean especialy when they > sent a shit worm.
The worm doesn't bother me--it doesn't affect my Linux machines after all. But a mailing list that forwards more virus/spam than legitimate mail really can be discouraging. It's very rare these days for Linux mailing lists to forward mail from non-subscribers without some kind of manual approval. When aafugit ran qmail and ezmlm-idx, someone with experience configuring the software put just that sort of approval process in place for non-subscriber messages. aafugit then moved to Gnu Mailman, which also has that kind of feature. Though the two approaches work differently, and though both require more work on the part of the admin, both solutions help preserve the utility of the mailing list by keeping the ham-to-spam ratio acceptable. olug, cedarlug, qclug and cialug all also use Mailman as well. crlug I think uses a qmail/ezmlm-type list management system somehow while avoiding sending lots of spam and viruses. Not sure what iclug uses. --Joe
