Re: [Mailman-Users] Auto-reject non-member messages?
Mike Starr wrote:
Yes. I send spam to your list spoofing joe@example.com as the sender. You send a reject message to joe@example.com which has my original spam attached. Poor joe receives my spam from you - not a good thing.
Mailman 2.1.10 will have the ability to not include the original message in the rejection notice which will help, but currently it is included.
So if the messages are just spam, it is better to discard them.
OTOH, if there might be an occasional legitimate message from say a member posting from the wrong address or a non-member legitimately trying to reach the list, and you want to respond to these messages, then choose reject.
The best practice is to filter spam ahead of Mailman so as little spam as possible even gets to Mailman.
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
At 11:53 AM -0800 2/23/07, Mark Sapiro wrote:
Yes, but Mailman will only send one rejection notice per day to a given sender, regardless of how many messages were originally submitted to Mailman. So, while Mailman can be used to help Joe Job someone, it cannot be used as a Joe Job amplifier.
This is why I say that it's better to Reject as opposed to Discard.
The best practice is to filter spam ahead of Mailman so as little spam as possible even gets to Mailman.
Agreed.
-- Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org>, Consultant & Author LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> Slides from Invited Talks: <http://tinyurl.com/tj6q4>
At 11:53 AM -0800 2/23/07, Mark Sapiro wrote:
Yes, but Mailman will only send one rejection notice per day to a given sender, regardless of how many messages were originally submitted to Mailman. So, while Mailman can be used to help Joe Job someone, it cannot be used as a Joe Job amplifier.
This is why I say that it's better to Reject as opposed to Discard.
The best practice is to filter spam ahead of Mailman so as little spam as possible even gets to Mailman.
Agreed.
-- Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org>, Consultant & Author LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> Slides from Invited Talks: <http://tinyurl.com/tj6q4>
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