Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-27 Thread Andy Smith
JC Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It sounds as if you are ignoring or overlooking my proposed solution which > continues to let non-subscriber posts go through to the list unmoderated, > when they contain keyword(s) indicative of an on-topic non-spam > post. Further, even if a post goes t

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread JC Dill
On 03:12 PM 3/26/01, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > >> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >JCL> There is a logn standing tradition for support lists for >JCL> products to not be closed to non-subscribers. > >There are a couple of issues to consider, some technical, so

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:12:54PM -0500, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > Third, there are certain spam filters that the MTA can apply that > should catch more stuff. I thought that the Exim installation on > {python,zope}.org was all hooked up to RBL, etc., but since spam is > getting through, it may n

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread Dan Wilder
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:40:00PM -0800, alex wetmore wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Dan Wilder wrote: > > There's a middle ground. > > > > For reasons of our own, we keep some of our lists open to posts > > by non-subscribers. > > > > A simple procmail front-end looks for "To:" or "Cc:" headers

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCL> There is a logn standing tradition for support lists for JCL> products to not be closed to non-subscribers. There are a couple of issues to consider, some technical, some not. First, I think there /is/ a use for open-posting

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread Dan Wilder
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:13:19PM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:40:20 -0800 > Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 3/26/01 10:14 AM, "J C Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There is a logn standing tradition for support lists for products > >> to not

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:40:20 -0800 Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/26/01 10:14 AM, "J C Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There is a logn standing tradition for support lists for products >> to not be closed to non-subscribers. > And ther's a long-standing tradition tha

Re: More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 09:33:25 -0800 JC Dill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The fact that this hasn't been done makes the product in question > (mailman) look less attractive to those who are considering using > it... There is a logn standing tradition for support lists for products to not be close

More spam :-( Was Re: [Mailman-Users] Would you like to receive information on registering your pet online for free?

2001-03-26 Thread JC Dill
On 06:02 PM 3/25/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello! > >Would you like to know how to register your pet online for free? No, but I'd like to know what it takes to get this list configured so it stops allowing spammers to post to it. It shouldn't be that hard for those who write mailing list s