How to report Debian ML SPAM.

2017-04-20 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
(thread broken on purpose). 1. Never reply to SPAM in the Debian MLs, just report it as SPAM using the web interface. 2. If you need to talk about spam, open a new thread (as that thread will not be spam, although it *might* be quite off-topic). Doing it this way makes it easier/neater

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-03 00:42:32 +0100, mouss wrote: En principe, à moins d'avoir explicitement désactivé le bloquage du port 25 sur la freebox (ou d'avoir une freebox qui n'a pas rebouté depuis plus d'un an), le port 25 est bloqué sauf pour smtp.free.fr. cela veut dire que la majorité des machines

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-03 00:42:32, schrieb mouss: En principe, à moins d'avoir explicitement désactivé le bloquage du port 25 sur la freebox (ou d'avoir une freebox qui n'a pas rebouté depuis plus d'un an), le port 25 est bloqué sauf pour smtp.free.fr. Je utiliser le port 587 pour envoi mes messages via

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-08 Thread mouss
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2008-01-03 00:42:32, schrieb mouss: En principe, à moins d'avoir explicitement désactivé le bloquage du port 25 sur la freebox (ou d'avoir une freebox qui n'a pas rebouté depuis plus d'un an), le port 25 est bloqué sauf pour smtp.free.fr. Je utiliser le port 587

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-03 Thread Debian liste FR
Bonjour a tous (et bonne annee) pourquoi tu ne mets pas un reverse DNS avec un domaine à toi (maison.homelinux.net par exemple)? L'argument du moment est que si on ne fait pas d'efforts pour mettre un rDNS non générique, alors on ne sait pas si ton IP change de main en main (on ne peut donc

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-03 Thread Francois Boisson
Le Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:46:24 +0100 (CET) Debian liste FR [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: Excusez-moi par avance de la naiveté de ma question. Comment faire un reverse DNS avec DynDNS, quand on est chez un FAI, et que l'on a un compte DynDNS ? Je croyais que c'etait systematique ? Chez free, on

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-03 Thread mouss
Debian liste FR wrote: Bonjour a tous (et bonne annee) pourquoi tu ne mets pas un reverse DNS avec un domaine à toi (maison.homelinux.net par exemple)? L'argument du moment est que si on ne fait pas d'efforts pour mettre un rDNS non générique, alors on ne sait pas si ton IP change de main en

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-03 Thread Alex Perso
Pour les autres opérateurs, Il faut demander au support technique de ton FAI. Ils pourront te faire cela, théoriquement cela doit être une prestation gratuite. (bien sur il te faut une IP FIXE) alex Francois Boisson a écrit : Le Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:46:24 +0100 (CET) Debian liste FR [EMAIL

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-03 Thread Debian liste FR
Bonjour Mouss, et merci de ta reponse. chez free, la mise du reverse se fait dans l'interface d'admin de la freebox. il est conseillé de copier la valeur du reverse actuel, au cas où on regrette et qu'on ne veut plus de reverse custom (il suffit alors de remettre l'original). Je viens de

Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread Francois Boisson
Le Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:44:27 +0100 Mail Delivery System [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es)

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread mouss
Francois Boisson wrote: Le Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:44:27 +0100 Mail Delivery System [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error.

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread Francois Boisson
Le Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:15:45 +0100 mouss [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: pourquoi tu ne mets pas un reverse DNS avec un domaine à toi (maison.homelinux.net par exemple)? L'argument du moment est que si on ne fait pas d'efforts pour mettre un rDNS non générique, alors on ne sait pas si ton IP

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-02 21:09:37 +0100, Francois Boisson wrote: Le problème est le suivant: Si je programme exim pour que mon SMTP porte le même nom que le reverse DNS (à savoir alf94-3-82-66-248-156.fbx.proxad.net, je suis considéré comme un spammeur par la liste. Si je met un nom de domaine tout à

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread mouss
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-01-02 21:09:37 +0100, Francois Boisson wrote: Le problème est le suivant: Si je programme exim pour que mon SMTP porte le même nom que le reverse DNS (à savoir alf94-3-82-66-248-156.fbx.proxad.net, je suis considéré comme un spammeur par la liste. Si je met un

Re: Liste debian et Spam.

2008-01-02 Thread mouss
Francois Boisson wrote: Le Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:15:45 +0100 mouss [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit: pourquoi tu ne mets pas un reverse DNS avec un domaine à toi (maison.homelinux.net par exemple)? L'argument du moment est que si on ne fait pas d'efforts pour mettre un rDNS non générique, alors on

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:04:57PM -0500, Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler, makes the spam easier to report, etc. Who are you

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread Wayne Topa
Karsten M. Self([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: on Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 06:04:57PM -0500, Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 06:41:22AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: Personally, my own recommendation would be that you don't. Sound advice, considering how lazy I am. - Finding out what DNSBLs are accurate (SpamCop, SpamHaus), a few others. I'm not sure what you mean by accurate in this

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Wayne Topa: Karsten M. Self([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/Downloads/SpamTools.tar.gz HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found Do you have another URL Karsten? At one time,

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-23 Thread Wayne Topa
s. keeling([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Incoming from Wayne Topa: Karsten M. Self([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/Downloads/SpamTools.tar.gz HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found Do you have another

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-15 Thread Chris Lale
On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 21:32, s. keeling wrote: for f in cur/*; do perl adcomplain.pl $f .. done You can fix that with chmod: chmod 744 adcomplain.pl Already done. No, the reason I need to specify perl is that the first line of adcomplain.pl is a shell hash-bang

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-15 Thread Michael Marsh
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:09:26 +, Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Google, rehash is a Linux/Unix command; but I cannot find it on my system. Perhaps it has been deprecated? It's a csh-ism. If you're using a sh-derivative (eg, bash), you shouldn't need to do anything. My

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-15 Thread Mark Janssen
On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 09:26 -0500, Michael Marsh wrote: On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:09:26 +, Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Google, rehash is a Linux/Unix command; but I cannot find it on my system. Perhaps it has been deprecated? It's a csh-ism. If you're using a

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-15 Thread Chris Lale
On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 14:37, Mark Janssen wrote: On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 09:26 -0500, Michael Marsh wrote: On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:09:26 +, Chris Lale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Google, rehash is a Linux/Unix command; but I cannot find it on my system. Perhaps it has been

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-15 Thread Johan Kullstam
Joao Clemente [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Ballard wrote: Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. And how do you subscribe to the list with nospam in the e-mail address?!? You'll never receive an e-mail to that address! You could make a username with nospam in it. Then you

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-14 Thread Chris Lale
On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 23:04, Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler, makes the spam easier to report, etc. Who are you reporting spam to, anyway? I'd

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-14 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Chris Lale: On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 23:04, Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler, makes the spam easier to report, etc. Who are you

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-14 Thread Chris Lale
On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 17:21, s. keeling wrote: Incoming from Chris Lale: On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 23:04, Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler,

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-14 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Chris Lale: On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 17:21, s. keeling wrote: [snip] Thanks! Works with slight modification: for f in cur/*; do perl adcomplain.pl $f .. done You can fix that with chmod: chmod 744 adcomplain.pl and move adcomplain.pl to one of the dirs in

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Hannibal Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Nope, this is an open list, spammers often post to the list. Whether or not SPI has any luck collecting advertising fees from the spammers is another question.

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:48:16 -0500, John Hannibal Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Will my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be sold or distributed? All mail to

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 William Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Chris Lale
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 16:03, Clive Menzies wrote: Below are a range of packages that deal with spam: gotmail - Utility to download email from a Hotmail or MSN account Also, in testing and unstable: hotway - acts like a pop3 server, but actually goes to hotmail.com to retrieve requested

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:29PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: William Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/ Sure, but I don't think this is a munge - I understood his post to mean that [EMAIL

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Juergen Fiedler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: | William Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | | |Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. | | | http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/ While I agree that address munging is Not A Good Thing, I find the attempt to

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler, makes the spam easier to report, etc. Who are you reporting spam to, anyway? I'd like to contribute but I'm woefully out-of-touch. --

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 12:15:00PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: I tend to prefer real email management over fake email address hacks. Keeps everything simpler, makes the spam easier to report, etc. Who are you

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-13 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 03:44:59PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Who are you reporting spam to, anyway? I'd like to contribute but I'm woefully out-of-touch. Well, the hosting networks, of course. Though spamcop.net automates the process greatly and

Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread John Hannibal Smith
Hi everyone, Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Will my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be sold or distributed? Just curious! Thanks! John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread Michael Marsh
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:48:16 -0500, John Hannibal Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Will my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be sold or distributed? All mail to this list is archived on the web, so your email address *will* be harvested by spammers.

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread Clive Menzies
for email addresses and now that you've posted to the list, your address is out there. The good news is that there are many ways of dealing with spam using Debian, even so far as blocking it at smtp time and so most of it never reaches your machine. Below are a range of packages that deal with spam

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from John Hannibal Smith: Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Nope. The list does stop a lot of spam, but some does still come through. Will my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be sold or distributed? Probably, and now that you've posted it, it's available to anyone who

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:02:11AM -0500, Michael Marsh wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:48:16 -0500, John Hannibal Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am I safe from getting spam on this list? Will my e-mail address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) be sold or distributed? All mail to this list is archived on

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. how come ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread Joao Clemente
William Ballard wrote: Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. And how do you subscribe to the list with nospam in the e-mail address?!? You'll never receive an e-mail to that address! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread Robert Storey
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:03:01 + Clive Menzies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The good news is that there are many ways of dealing with spam using Debian, even so far as blocking it at smtp time and so most of it never reaches your machine. Below are a range of packages that deal with spam

Re: Debian and spam

2004-11-12 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 06:14:45PM +, Joao Clemente wrote: William Ballard wrote: Including nospam in your email name helps a lot. And how do you subscribe to the list with nospam in the e-mail address?!? You'll never receive an e-mail to that address! It works just fine. I must be

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Dan Lawrence
On 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in linux.debian.user: Why isn't there a limitation that will only allow the mails to be forwarded to the list if the originating email is subscribed to the list? (snip) I read the list on usenet. I find it is easier for me to follow the

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: Actually, the most daunting thing about this list is the sheer volume of mail involved. Do you even grasp the irony of this statement? If volume is a problem then you'd think reducing the volume by cutting out the cruft of non-list spam and bogus mailings of false virus

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Dan Lawrence wrote: On 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in linux.debian.user: snip If (wo)manpwer is the issue, I'd be happy to help with the admin process. List admin, please feel free to email me directly to discuss this. -Dan I would also be happy to volunteer with the

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 12:59:06PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Does this mean that the volunteer list maintainer who has limited time to maintain the list is a Debian Developer, Yes. I am under the impression that recently there is NO maintenance of this list, judging by the amount of

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread John Foster
I have an idea! Why don't we figure out a way to bounce all the virus crap to the spammers. That would kill two bad birds with one big stone:-) -- John Foster Advance-Computing Systems We build amazing servers! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:13:18PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Long story short: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not the only way this forum is read: Other mailing lists mirror this one, as well as several usenet newsgroup. Closing the list would severely limit debian-user's usefulness

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Lucas Albers
Pigeon said: There was a lot of gas generated about the swen worm when that hit. That harvested email addresses off the web. Again, clueless Windows users without effective virus protection - only a wider base of them, ie. not just ones subscribed to this list. My solution is - for the

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 03:09:57PM -0700, Lucas Albers wrote: Would be nice to have your address munged from this list, or the option. You do have the option. Add to /etc/exim/exim.conf: ## # REWRITE

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Steve Lamb
Pigeon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]${if match {$header_to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] frFs ...or other similar methods, depending on what email software you're using. Hmmm, never thought of that for people who insist on sending CCs to messages on lists which

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:49:55AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: Actually, the most daunting thing about this list is the sheer volume of mail involved. Do you even grasp the irony of this statement? If volume is a problem

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:35:41PM -0600, John Foster wrote: I have an idea! Why don't we figure out a way to bounce all the virus crap to the spammers. That would kill two bad birds with one big stone:-) Hehehe, feed the homeless to the hungry, I

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-29 Thread Lucas Albers
Pigeon said: On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 03:09:57PM -0700, Lucas Albers wrote: Would be nice to have your address munged from this list, or the option. You do have the option. Add to /etc/exim/exim.conf: All the spam comes from other machine. I reject 99% of it anyway, I just see it on my

Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Bojan Baros
Hello deb users. I got a little issue with receiving some of the mails through this list... The entire list have been subjected to the inflow of spam, viruses, auto-responders finding virus or spam, clueless users or someone who just wants to mess around with the list. Why isn't there a

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros wrote: Hello deb users. I got a little issue with receiving some of the mails through this list... The entire list have been subjected to the inflow of spam, viruses, auto-responders finding virus or spam, clueless users or someone who just wants to

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread David Clymer
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 10:31, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros wrote: Hello deb users. I got a little issue with receiving some of the mails through this list... The entire list have been subjected to the inflow of spam, viruses, auto-responders finding

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros wrote: Hello deb users. snip The entire list have been subjected to the inflow of spam, viruses, auto-responders finding virus or spam, clueless users or someone who just wants to mess around with the list. snip I think there is a nice

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Sebastiaan wrote: I think there is a nice practical reason for this. The list operator doesn't have time to delete every spam user from this list. The operator is also someone who is maintaining the list in his free time. Does this mean that the volunteer list maintainer

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Hugo Vanwoerkom: Does this mean that the volunteer list maintainer who has limited time to maintain the list is a Debian Developer, or can there be other volunteers to do this who DO have more time? I am under the impression that recently there is NO maintenance of this list,

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Bojan Baros
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 10:31, Sebastiaan wrote: Hi, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Bojan Baros wrote: Hello deb users. I got a little issue with receiving some of the mails through this list... The entire list have been subjected to the inflow of spam, viruses, auto-responders finding

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
s. keeling wrote: Which brings up another thing; all the talk about scanning the list for viruses, only allowing those subscribed to post, etc., yada yada. If they weren't using Windows to read mail, they wouldn't have a problem, would they? Why are so many considering reworking the list just to

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Bojan Baros wrote: David did bring a good point as well, about opportunity to ask question without being exposed to the volume of the list, and using gmane or some other way of reading the posts, instead of receiving them in the email box. That about settles it for me, unless someone has

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 10:02:05AM -0500, Bojan Baros wrote: Obviously, there might be some good reasons for this behavior that I am not aware off (besides it helps me build up my Bayes database and test my av), so please enlighten me. Please STFW

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:14:58PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: That isn't the reason. Perusing the archives will yield the real answer. Because a newbie Debian user *may* read the archvies and *may* decided to click on the link there to

Re: Debian list = spam and virus repeater/multiplexer

2004-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: Long story short: [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not the only way this forum is read: Other mailing lists mirror this one, as well as several usenet newsgroup. Closing the list would severely limit debian-user's usefulness due to a suddenly and artificially restricted membership. As

Re: Debian archive spam

2002-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 07:43:44PM -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: I Just received this message moments ago. Is this actually coming into my mailbox via bounce-debian-user? It's a temporary glitch in the spam filtering on the lists. I believe (from overheard conversations on IRC) that

Debian archive spam

2002-04-04 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings: I Just received this message moments ago. Is this actually coming into my mailbox via bounce-debian-user? If so, why did it pick me? *SPAM* DAILY REQS!!! 04/05/02 The header source: Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian archive spam

2002-04-04 Thread Tom Cook
No, I think the return-path stuff is so that if the message bounces at your end the bounce doesn't go to the list but to some address where it dies a quiet death. If you have a look at the 'received' chain, it comes from a machine called 'ron' (presumably because ron uses it) and comes through