On 09/16/2015 07:53 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Content-ID: > > > El 2014-09-18 a las 10:33 -0500, Troy McCorkell escribió: >> On 09/18/2014 07:46 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Now an then I get messages like this: >> >> ++································· >> Your membership in the mailing list xfs has been disabled due to >> excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated >> 18-Sep-2014. You will not get any more messages from this list >> until >> you re-enable your membership. You will receive 3 more >> reminders like >> this before your membership in the list is deleted. >> >> To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this >> message >> (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation >> page at >> >> ... >> >> ·································++- >> >> >> Bounces? I'm subscribed to several mail lists, and this is the >> only one "complaining". And as I do not know >> what messages bounced, I can not investigate it. >> >> My guess is that those emails were clear and flagrant spam, and >> as such were rejected by my ISP. >> >> The mail list should refuse them on entry and not resend them >> to the listers. >> >> - -- Cheers, >> Carlos E. R. >> (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) >> >> Carlos, >> >> I will forward your email to the SGI IT group. > > Well, I got no further feedback, and the issue continues, a year later. > > As I see it, it goes like this: > > Spam is sent to the list. The list forwards it to subscribers. Some > mail servers, like my ISP, point blank refuse to accept what is > flagrant spam; not a doubt about it, it doesn't reach the spam folder. > That spam probably breaks a rule such as having no valid sender > domain, breaking SPF, something. I don't know for sure, because I can > not see the logs of my ISP. But the oss.sgi.com admin can, surely. > > > The problem for me is that this list server automatically unsubscribes > me, and I have to re-subscribe, posibly loosing interveening posts. > > > I suggest that the list server implements filters to remove those spam > mails on entry, instead of forwarding them. Alternatively, other mail > list servers send a probe email to the subscriber; if the probe > bounces, twice, then the subscription is temporarily disabled. But > they don't unsubscribe people because some "list" posts bounce, unless > it is excesive. > > > - -- Cheers > Carlos E. R. > > (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > iF4EAREIAAYFAlX5ZmQACgkQja8UbcUWM1wcxQD7BUPP7V8jRho3G3H0Oz/ZqVVs > APLSE6oLIsGW/4GYn54A/0RiNx3Nd5gLhW8hYv6ljyNLqH26aUzYdiw3YO7c3mbb > =oF/M > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@oss.sgi.com > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs > I'll chat with the SGI IT group again. Thanks, Troy