Way too much SPAM on this list atm

[sloopy]

greetings all,

i was going to look into the spam problem we are evidently having, since
i am the list moderator (or atleast one of the two) was going to ask in
general any suggestions... i dont have any control over the
machine/setup beyond what mailman offers (the list is hosted by terra
soft solutions (the kind people who bring us yellowdog linux)). so i was
thinking of starting by asking all list members if changing to requiring
membership to post would be a problem for anyone? (some people have dual
accounts setup for spam detection/deletion and this can be a problem for
them)

i am reading the mailman doc for more info on fixing this but any
suggestions/ideas are certainly welcome...

sloopy.
--
MOL-General Mailing List Moderator
(yes the guy who deletes the spam you dont see ;')


On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 03:57, Geert Janssens wrote:
> Unfortunately, this trick wouldn't work.
> 
> I am also subscribed to a Crystal Space mailing list, which uses 
> [CsMain] Subject heading...
> 
> Even there, we still get spam, and several spam mails simply start with 
> [CsMain] as well. Apparently certain spam generators are already clever 
> enough to include this.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geert
> 
> Dominik wrote:
> > How about we start changing the subject line to something like
> > "[mol-general] Subject heading..."  that way we will always have
> > [mol-general] in the subject so we know whats spam and not.  We could
> > have the list manager send new users this info.
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 18:42, Thomas Otto wrote:
> > 
> >>Ops, Mozilla just threw your mail into "Junkmail" as well, probalby 
> >>doesn't trust anything from "mol-general" anymore :)
> >>
> >>
> >>>>I just checked my mail again and 30 or so of mails to this list were 
> >>>>SPAM, last checked maybe 3 hours ago.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any chance this list gets a spamassassin or similar, maybe kill 
> >>>>"mol-general" and use another name for this?
> >>>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>What about, if possible:
> >>>
> >>>1) for registered users: all pass
> >>
> >>If any mail to this address goes through I think we have the source of 
> >>this problem :).
> >>This is little more than a spam multiplyer at the moment.
> >>
> >>
> >>>2) for non-registered users, one of these options:
> >>>   a) let spam assassin decide
> >>>   b) let some moderator decide (any volunteer? :) )
> >>>   c) always rejects, require users to be registered to send.
> >>
> >>I'd drop it, if a person wants a reply he/she is probably subscriped and 
> >>thereby registered anyhow.
> >>
> >>
> >>>---
> >>
> >>And btw .sig delimiters should be '-- ' (mind the space) not '---' :)
> >>
> >>
> >>    -Thomas