From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 10:57:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A66B4D50 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x22e.google.com (mail-yh0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67C781097 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f46.google.com with SMTP id c41so1431317yho.5 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:57:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=i4Lsg+QoUjfmjJz/ig6QN5RiIkWk+NHJVzZII1SPuP8=; b=l4BgZ3F16kAo1RxvtWNpC5IzXBv84dEAFh0d/876wpN8R/V4jwXY6BA6xTHHr8e1Eb fwPw5aud46S9Xw7td7HNfYTM0a8ikrfOktvh69W7ORx8p3WlUyZ0embXt52MTS6Gdu7u IMHMG7qiAwmE6NNQW4u31EoKfOhLAX+8jbXHRD7knOHJUG+l6CrHKyi0KF1PAbEfEmea XWeNIxXKdE9WXGDV4qimbRZK/04qdxykIdv6sW5MVuU2/HdMxQACw0fEYBSnyadEFOYJ nTiRrsb/jz2izMRVlCQZG8mJtUgxeNZXrNqLr8mGONlyBxY1FjBQxVI065PNS8AWSSQ+ kiEA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.169.233 with SMTP id n69mr4576032yhl.110.1398855439582; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:57:19 -0700 (PDT) Sender: olivier2553@gmail.com Received: by 10.170.46.210 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:57:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140430101545.GA931@taco-shack.cow> References: <73354.1398734218@server1.tristatelogic.com> <535F1667.1050406@soliddataservices.com> <20140429114019.0eb3ce48@X220.alogt.com> <20140429124618.06d708ba@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140429204204.2e561935@X220.alogt.com> <20140429140123.GA910@taco-shack.cow> <20140429162810.76013a19@gumby.homeunix.com> <20140430101545.GA931@taco-shack.cow> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:57:19 +0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3EsE9wpOK-80ZKxVRW6MhGqCt6I Message-ID: Subject: Re: Spam to list participants (from openhosting.com & softcom.com) From: Olivier Nicole To: Mike Sanders Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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, 30 Apr 2014 10:57:20 -0000 Mike, > Which implies all list members email addresses are exposed > to the world at large? They are, at least to all those who subscribe to the list. > How else would an email address be > gained by spammers... If that's the case it needs to be changed. And how would you do that? Mail distributed by the list should not hold the sender address? > But back to the idea of a temporary quarantine for new posters, > here's my thinking... > > . create a procmail filter that directs new posters to > an appointed 'list-mom'. > > . list-mom reviews the first two emails that new posters > submit looking for BSD related content. > > . obvious offenders (pizza hut anyone?) are given the boot, > while legitimate posters are passed on to the list with > status now upgraded as legit (removed from the procmail > filter). > > Why would this not work? Because the spam is not being sent by the list, so a person can subscribe, receive posts, gather mail addresses and send spam from his own account. Which is exactly what happens here. Olivier > > -- > Mike Sanders > www: http://freebsd.hypermart.net > gpg: 0xD94D4C13 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"