From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 7:28:17 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 07:28:13 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wlcg.com (mail.wlcg.com [207.226.17.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C4337B404 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 07:28:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (rsimmons@localhost) by mail.wlcg.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBEFSC450126; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:28:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsimmons@wlcg.com) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:28:12 -0500 (EST) From: Rob Simmons To: Tim McMillen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: the mailing lists and spam? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG One thing that could be done is to change the way that the website sends to the list. Instead of having a mailto: on the website, have a form that could be filled out with the subject, and return address. Then only allow registered email addresses, and this web form to post to the list. This makes it a measure more difficult for spammers to post to the list, and it wouldn't take away from the functionality of the website. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > freebsd-questions I know for sure can be accessed by anybody. It is set up > that way on purpose so that people can see the address on the website and > ask a question. But the other ones seem to get the same spam. Anybody > can troll the website and get the addresses and post spam to them. I'm > not sure much can be done. I'm sure ideas would be welcomed. > > Tim > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Rob Simmons wrote: > > > Do the mailing lists for freebsd only allow subscribed email addresses to > > post messages? It seems like they are not configured that way since there > > seems to be a bit of spam that goes through the lists. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message