Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      25 Mar 98 10:19:57 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Idea? (was Spam and this list)
Message-ID:  <a9c_9803251817@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 24 Mar 98 21:15:46 Cory Kempf wrote regarding Idea? (was Spam and this list)

  At 12:18 -0500 98.03.24, Alanna wrote:
 >I'm a new subscriber (/great/ list, guys) and have noticed that this list
 >seems to be, while relatively spam-free, victimized every now and then.

 CK> Generally with mailing lists, posting is restricted to members
 CK> of the list. I know the ones that I host are set up that way, as
 CK> are most of the ones I am on.  This is specificaly to prevent
 CK> spamming.
 CK>
 CK> With -questions, as has been pointed out before, it is important
 CK> to allow people who are not on the list to get questions
 CK> answered.  Hence the list isn't restricted.
 CK>
 CK> One wonders though, if perhance it might be possible to black
 CK> list spammers.  An entity spams the list, that entity is blocked
 CK> from future access to the lists / web site / etc.

How about auto-moderation?
Couldn't procmail or something filter messages containing obvious spam-words
from entering the mailinglist?


Leif Neland
leifn@image.dk

---
|Fidonet:  Leif Neland 2:234/49
|Internet: leifn@image.dk


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?a9c_9803251817>