On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Bill Houle wrote:
> ... The only way this can be stopped is to either make the lists
> restrict_post'ed or put some sendmail anti-spam actions on the
> GreatCircle server. As a list member (not owner), I'm getting sick
> of it and will accept any solution to make it stop.
In my humble opinion, allowing unmoderated posts by non-subscribers
is insane. Mailing lists are prime targets for spammers. If you can
send your spam through a mailing list, you get nearly 100% delivery
rates and some innocent mailing system does the dirty work. Subscriber
lists are also extremely tempting targets for spammers. Spammers
regularly attempt to get the full subscriber list of every list served
by my Listproc. Mailing list subscribers are premium,
known-to-be-good, email addresses. If you have not protected your
subscriber data, please do so as soon as possible. I can help with
the listproc configs. Consult the appropriate software support forum
if you use other software.
- murr -
