From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 03:18:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC3FC9E3 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 03:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D1543E9 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2014 03:18:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=yMnaWdVjFnKKXumU9j9LyiMdKlVzly9+H7oyqr9BmFc=; b=VqNgrczMXy69koB06exT1VHt5NqxsMnCK8NLXJ2BqCrO5SRkWe/p1ac4C/2ASoUsfGo75Q3TbsvMzOe6qDZT3+zNaL8oGqsm1b/X4lthO0qvotXwqlABGzITUaFqxqNNCMkHJhVGMN8ZTvb7LqkAOZ+e24aOpjnprz3+rqYCiKs=; Received: from [39.209.12.82] (port=22042 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WL2Lh-002RVr-Er; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:18:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:18:18 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: John Johnstone Subject: Re: Requiring list subscriptions (was Re: [Fwd: Gain Organic Traffic: Freebsdish.Org :PS]) Message-ID: <20140305111818.36882502@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <53168B33.9050602@tridentusa.com> References: <65506.128.135.70.2.1393967584.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <53168B33.9050602@tridentusa.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:18:28 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:25:55 -0500 John Johnstone wrote: > Although I've only been subscribed to this list for about a year I > don't recall ever seeing spam that wouldn't have been stopped by > requiring subscription to post. Has there ever been any spam to this > list that used a forged subscriber address? there was/is an harvester subscribed. The spam is then send directly. Subscription still helps as just having the e-mail address in the database will not help and so the spammer's program will not use/succeed with this address. Erich