Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that there are three issues with spam on a maillist. > - Some people pay per minute/second of connection time. If they have to > download gobs of spam, they will not participate in the list. > - The archives get full of spam. > - by relaying spam, the maillist is participating in the spam problem; > in effect, it is operating as an open relay for the spammers, and > reaching people that may already have spam blockers in place (like me). > > So the problem rests with the list management, not with the > subscribers. They could use spamassasin like you do, ask to automate > subscriptions (like me), or any other effective spam blocker. Ask > checks its database; the first time it sees an email address it sends > back a verification. This effectively blocks 100% of all spam.
Let me second that. There are numerous mailing lists out there that are open but have good spam blockers in place. Most noticable is lkml. Maybe someone should ask some of their maintainers for a hint - I'm sure they will share their solution. And no, it is _not_ off topic if a mailing list is swamped like this! It's really annoying :( Juri PS: of course I'm willing to provide any help if it is needed... -- Juri Haberland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
