Two things you can do with Mailman though, depending on your version of mailman:
1. if you don't need to allow non-members to post to the list, you can set the default action for non-member posts to "discard" 2. set up something like SpamAssassin, and then set up filters based on the SpamAssassin headers, for example "X-Spam-Flag: YES" is just discarded I have #1 and #2 set up, so 99% of the time I just get an "autodiscard" notification, but I don't have to go into the admin interface and discard the posts there, so it saves a little time, plus these garbage posts aren't "piling up" waiting for me to moderate them. Lastly--this is a web server thing and not a mailman thing--you may want to improve the security of your web server set up to prevent spammers from collecting the mailman admin addresses from the web interface, for example switch to SSL with at least a self-signed certificate, and restrict access to the web interface if possible. Patrick Bogen wrote: >On 2/26/06, Jim Popovitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Get some good spam prevention software. Also make sure that your MTA is >>properly validating who is sending you email (check for thinks like >>reverse DNS lookups, RBL listings, SPF, DKIM, etc). >> >> >Jim's presented you with what is basically the bottom line. > > > >>Kabilan L wrote: >> >> >>>Hai!!!! >>> >>>I am getting lot spam-mails.The following are the examples. >>>How can i stop these things!!! >>> >>> >Also, it should be noted that your issue is not really a Mailman >issue, but rather a <insert your MTA here> issue. > >- Patrick Bogen > -- Jonathan Dill - The NERDS Group Network Engineering & Resource Development Specialists, LLC Cell: (240) 994-0012 Main: (301) 622-7995 Web: http://www.nerds.net ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
