> There are a couple things to do that can at least cut down on spam. > > 1) Make sure that your mail gateway, or (in this case) the mailing > list host is not an open relay site.
It isn't. > 2) Every time you get spam, locate all the hosts it came through > in the header. Or alternatively just report it using Spamcop (http://spamcop.net) or some other reporting tool. Life is just too short to do this by hand every time you get spam. On the Haskell mailing list we have a good compromise at the moment: the mailing list software's auto-filtering catches most of the spam (not allowing Bcc's to the list is a good one), and for any spam that gets through I just add it to the list of disallowed addresses. I asked recently if we should move to allowing subscriber-only posting, and I got a small number of responses, which were split roughly 50/50 so no action was taken. Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
