From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: This list is good for spammers. Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:12:52 +0400 Message-ID: <3D16F0A4.2050105@namesys.com> References: <20020624070533.857306A2@lyta.coker.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Russell Coker Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, flx@thebsh.namesys.com Russell Coker wrote: >There has been a huge amount of spam coming through this list recently. >Could the list master please take the following actions: > >1) Make the list server software not strip all headers so we can see how the >messages get to the list server? Then we could report spam to SpamCop, and >people with good filtering software could filter on the first IP address in >the list. > >2) Make the list partially moderated. Suggestion, moderate any message from >someone who is not subscribed, and any message from an IP address that's in >the common DNSBL's. This will not deny anyone access to the list and will >not take a huge amount of effort (once the few people like myself who >subscribe with one address and post with another get with it). > > >Doing such things doesn't seem to be difficult, everyone else is doing it. > >Another more invasive action is to make the list server use some of the DNSBL >services to reject postings altogether. It will slightly inconveniance some >legit users, but will really cut down on spam. > > > I like all of your suggestions. Flx, please comment. -- Hans