Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-07-11 Thread jb
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:14:15PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:35:27PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: Many of our mailinglists are virtually unuseable due to the spam volume. BTW, just in case anyone's wondering about the recent spam flurry, that's due to a bug on

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-07-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:14:45AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:14:15PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: BTW, just in case anyone's wondering about the recent spam flurry, that's due to a bug on lists.debian.org that's still being worked on. Wouldn't most spam be

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-07-11 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:14:15PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: Many of our mailinglists are virtually unuseable due to the spam volume. BTW, just in case anyone's wondering about the recent spam flurry, that's due to a bug on lists.debian.org that's still being worked on. On the same note,

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-06-29 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:35:27PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: Many of our mailinglists are virtually unuseable due to the spam volume. BTW, just in case anyone's wondering about the recent spam flurry, that's due to a bug on lists.debian.org that's still being worked on. -- 2. That which

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-06-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Marco d'Itri writes (spam sent to debian.org addresses): What's wrong with our mail system? Why can't the debian admins blacklist a well known spammer, or even better use a reputable DNSBL like SBL? I too find that the amount of spam I get via Debian systems is quite a problem. Many of our

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-02 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:27:42PM +, Marco d'Itri wrote: A lot of legitimate mail can be trivially blocked this way, as well, which is why it doesn't make sense to drop it on the server side. No. Using SBL definitely does not block a lot of legitimate mail. in some cases it does. using

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-02 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 2 May 2003, Robert Lemmen wrote: On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:27:42PM +, Marco d'Itri wrote: A lot of legitimate mail can be trivially blocked this way, as well, which is why it doesn't make sense to drop it on the server side. No. Using SBL definitely does not block a lot of

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-02 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of legitimate mail can be trivially blocked this way, as well, which is why it doesn't make sense to drop it on the server side. No. Using SBL definitely does not block a lot of legitimate mail. in some cases it does. using SPEWS for example would lead to all of

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-01 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:53:31AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: A big part of the spam can be trivially blocked at the point where it enters the Debian servers, using DNSRBLs and other sensible restrictions. When it enters my mailer, it can not be trivially blocked as

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-01 Thread Martin Schulze
Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:53:31AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: A big part of the spam can be trivially blocked at the point where it enters the Debian servers, using DNSRBLs and other sensible restrictions. When it enters my mailer, it

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-01 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 01 May 2003 15:36, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:53:31AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: A big part of the spam can be trivially blocked at the point where it enters the Debian servers, using DNSRBLs and other sensible restrictions. When it

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-01 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of legitimate mail can be trivially blocked this way, as well, which is why it doesn't make sense to drop it on the server side. No. Using SBL definitely does not block a lot of legitimate mail. -- ciao, Marco

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-05-01 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Wednesday 30 April 2003 22:50, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 08:50:43PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: What's wrong with our mail system? Why can't the debian admins blacklist a well known spammer, or even better use a reputable DNSBL like SBL? I asked the same questions to

Re: spam sent to debian.org addresses

2003-04-30 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 08:50:43PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: What's wrong with our mail system? Why can't the debian admins blacklist a well known spammer, or even better use a reputable DNSBL like SBL? I asked the same questions to the debian admins but nobody ever replied, I'm sick of