Way too much SPAM on this list atm

[Kent West]

Romeyn Prescott wrote:

> At 11:21 AM +0800 3/13/04, Philip Cummins scribbled:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>> I would like to avoid requiring membership privileges if possible. 
>>> I'll talk with the YDL guys and see if we can get the list washed 
>>> through spamassassin...
>>
>>
>> Membership to post is not an onerous restriction I find. If there are 
>> people that are posting from the wrong address, it's a simple matter 
>> to inform them when they get caught in moderation to update their 
>> details. I guess what with the recent spoofing email attacks that 
>> have been occuring extra checks may be required to confirm who's 
>> -really- sending, but in general most spam to lists can be blocked 
>> fairly easily with members only posting restrictions. (Oh yes, and 
>> blocking email listings on the web to stop email trawling). For 
>> filtering, since MOL lists use Mailman it is trivial to filter on the 
>> List-Id: field. I use this to filter on, so no MOL list spam gets to 
>> my personal mailbox if it comes through the list.
>>
>
> I'm on one particular list that confirms EACH POST with a mail-back 
> that essentially says "was that really you?"  If you never respond, 
> your post never appears.
>
There could be a compromise, where the first time you post, the system 
mails back a choice:

    Click _here_ to subscribe to this list, with full posting privileges.
    Click _here2_ to "semi-subscribe": your email address will be put 
into a list of "guest subscribers", and will be removed from that list 
after 30 days of inactivity, and posts will be stripped of HTML and 
attachments.
    Click _here3_ to post just this one time.

Would take a little bit more work on the backend, but should stop the 
autobots while still keeping it easy for non-subscribers to post.

-- 
Kent