[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Thanks Nick! Best, Ciell Op do 16 nov 2023 om 19:17 schreef Nick Wilson (Quiddity) < nwil...@wikimedia.org>: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 1:11 AM Ciell Wikipedia > wrote: > >> In the old system we could use regex strings to avoid the most obvious >> spam: am I reading it correctly we should now

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 1:11 AM Ciell Wikipedia wrote: > In the old system we could use regex strings to avoid the most obvious > spam: am I reading it correctly we should now enter these strings under the > 'banned addresses' tab? Do we have a quick-guide on how to compose these > strings? (I

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Hi, I am an admin for a few smaller lists and recognize the increase in spam caught in the filters: though these emails will not go to the lists, they need to be checked manually to make sure they aren't 'serieus' emails that we do want to accept. In the old system we could use regex strings to

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Hello MusikAnimal First of all, regarding Google group mailing lists, they are somewhat "elitist". Supposedly, it is possible to use those mailing lists without a google account, but in practice my experience is that it varies between requiring jumping through some hoops (*if* you actually find

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Hello again! I've had my list rejecting emails with a x-spam-score of 4 or higher since late April 2023. I *think* it helped, but now things are way worse than ever. We get 2-3 spam emails a day. According to < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration#Spam_filters>, it would

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Hi Edo de Roo. Please see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Unsubscribing for information about how to unsubscribe from any of the Wikimedia mailing lists. Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist <

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Can I be removed from these list(s) On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 21:23 MusikAnimal wrote: > Amazing! Thank you both! I wish I had known about x-spam-score a long time > ago. It's a bit amusing that we're using AbuseFilter-esque rules to filter > out spam from a mailing list devoted to AbuseFilter,

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Amazing! Thank you both! I wish I had known about x-spam-score a long time ago. It's a bit amusing that we're using AbuseFilter-esque rules to filter out spam from a mailing list devoted to AbuseFilter, hehe! But hey, whatever works :) As advised, I have it set to 4, with "Reject (with

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 11:49 AM MusikAnimal wrote: > > Hello! I am an admin of the > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikipedia-en-editfilters.lists.wikimedia.org/ > mailing list. Starting some months ago, we get spam more or less on a daily > basis. We have all messages

[List admins] Re: Spam prevention

Hello, Have you tried with header filters at < https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikipedia-en-editfilters.lists.wikimedia.org/header-matches/ >? E.g. you may create a filter for the X-Spam-Score header added by SpamAssasin, and set a value such as [^+]*[+]{4,} so all emails with a