Re: [Mailman-Users] list of lists fodder for spammers?

2003-01-26 Thread J C Lawrence
On 26 Jan 2003 13:27:03 -0500 Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recommend that you front-end your mail servers with something like > Spam Assassin. If you really want to be thorough you can use > Mailscanner with an anti-virus application that runs on > Linux. Mailscanner will then use th

Re: [Mailman-Users] list of lists fodder for spammers?

2003-01-26 Thread Greg Westin
As for the list names being mined for spam, I've found that the biggest worry is the web-enabled archives. It doesn't seem very likely to me that spammers would find the list addresses in the archives. Obviously, the addresses of posters are there (these can be obscured in 2.1, right?), but

Re: [Mailman-Users] list of lists fodder for spammers?

2003-01-26 Thread Jon Carnes
I recommend that you front-end your mail servers with something like Spam Assassin. If you really want to be thorough you can use Mailscanner with an anti-virus application that runs on Linux. Mailscanner will then use the local anti-virus application to scan all messages for viruses and then pum

[Mailman-Users] list of lists fodder for spammers?

2003-01-26 Thread Greg Westin
Hello Mailman folk, I work with a group that provides services to student groups at a university, and we're concerned that a lot of the lists have been picking up spam lately. The prime suspect, at this point, is Mailman's publishing of list names. If you can provide any input on how to alle