[Mailman-Users] Spam avoidance, revisited: best practices?

[Matt England]

At 8/23/2006 06:43 AM, Oleg D. wrote:

>>This is the best email I have yet to find describing how mail.python.org 
>>proactive kills spam:
>>
>>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-March/332443.html
>>
>>I'm also considering adding these capabilities (which may or may not be 
>>implicit in the above description) to combat spam:
>>
>>* Don't allow email from non-subscribers
>>* Moderate email from new subscribers some period of time (probably a day 
>>to a week)
>>
>>Does mail.python.org do either or these things and/or is this generally a 
>>good practice?
>>
>>Any other suggestions?
>
>Good practice is to filter spam with MTA. Not with mailman even.
>--
>Oleg D.

Is that not what this link (mentioned above) states?

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-March/332443.html

-Matt