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On 3/28/2014 8:12 AM, Matthew Pherigo wrote:
> Somehow, a bunch of spambots got pointed towards the list. I've also
> seen messages suggesting that someone used the mailing list address
> as their email address for some website they made an account on.
>
> Seems to me like this problem would be solved by keeping people from
> sending messages on the list until they've confirmed their
> subscription, or at least getting a temporary "pass" for posting
> without one.

The spambots in this case don't send to the list.  They are either 
subscribed or they're scraping public archives, then sending the spam 
directly.