Hi
I'm assuming that Wayne is the obvious destination for this request. Can
we make the mailing list reject emails from non-subscribers? This would
drastically reduce the amount of spam we receive.
Thanks,
Shachar
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On Fri 20 May 2005, Shachar Shemesh wrote:> > I'm assuming that Wayne is the obvious destination for this request. Can > we make the mailing list reject emails from non-subscribers? This would > drastically reduce the amount of spam we receive.I don't think I get all that much spam via this list (if I do, almost all of it gets caught by spamassassin :-) Closing the list will make it harder for people to quickly get help. In my experience that has a negative impact on the "reputation" of the project the list is about. Paul Slootman
On Fri 20 May 2005, Shachar Shemesh wrote:> > I'm assuming that Wayne is the obvious destination for this request. Can > we make the mailing list reject emails from non-subscribers? This would > drastically reduce the amount of spam we receive.I don't subscribe to the list, but occasionally read it via web archive. I have a question perhaps once a year, so subscribing and then unsubscribing just to post a single question and a few subsequent responses would be quite bothersome. I'm assuming there's a few other lurkers out there like me as well.>From the web archives I've seen there's really not much spam at all.
On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 09:09:14AM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:> Can we make the mailing list reject emails from non-subscribers?We can, but I'm currently hesitent to do so. The list has some very nice anti-spam measures in place that are dumping the majority of the spam before it can go out to the list. Unfortunately, the recent increase in infected-system spam caused a bit more to slip through than normal. It looks like that has cleared up, though, so hopefully things are back to normal. ..wayne..