From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 24 15:52:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA26682 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:52:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA26665 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA24284; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:52:20 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:52:19 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Joerg Wunsch cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spam from hub.freebsd.org ?!? In-Reply-To: <19970824185134.WP47146@uriah.heep.sax.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > As Alex wrote: > > > I know this is somewhat off topic but I've gotten like 10 spams from some > > unknown person who has relayed his/her mail through hub.freebsd.org and > > seemingly gotten their addresses from this list. I just did a little > > checking and hub seems to relay anything it's asked to. > > It is hard to maintain a mailing list that is supposed to be public, > and restrict mail usage simultaneously. Note that this spam has *not* > just been relayed through hub, it has simply been sent to the hackers > list. It *is* possible to make the list "closed" so that only suscribers can send to the list. Danny