At Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:46:01 -0700 "Kenneth G. Gordon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello: > > One of my mailman mailing lists has been suddenly afflicted with tons of > Chinese spam. > > After reading an on-line discussion of this problem and how to handle it from > a thread > posted to this list in July of 2016, here: > > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2016-July/080993.html > > I have modified my settings in Privacy Options/Spam Filters thusly: > > ^Subject: =?utf-8?B? > ^Subject:.*\?{4,} > from: .*@qq.com If you have access to the SMTP server itself, getting qq.com blocked at that point will help even more than blocking it in Mailman. > from: .*ebdoor.com > from: .*126.com > from: .*139.com > from: .*136.com > from: .*163.com > from: .*193.com > > The "from" expressions have worked quite well, and using those I have cut the > Chinese > spam by over 90%, but I am still receiving periodic posts from other Chinese > senders and I > cannot keep adding more items to the "from" set for obvious reasons. > > Instead, as someone mentioned in that thread of July 2016, I find that all > Chinese posts > include the expression " =?utf-8?B?" following the word "Subject". > > Accordingly, I have included that in the first line of my Spam FIlter. > However, it does not > seem to be working as desired as I am still receiving Chinese spam containing > that > expression. > > >From that thread of July 2016, I have, today, added that second line above. > > Can someone here tell me what I have NOT done correctly with that first line > which makes it > NOT work as desired? > > Kenneth G. Gordon (Age 75) > A Tired Old SYSAD. > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/heller%40deepsoft.com > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
