From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 8 02:20:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA03677 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 02:20:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA03663 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 02:19:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id UAA18647; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:49:18 +1030 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA10707; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:49:13 +1030 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:49:13 +1030 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: Karl Pielorz Cc: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The ongoing influx of SPAM into the lists. In-Reply-To: <3695D746.82223F3F@tdx.co.uk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth wrote: > > > > I have refrained from whinging about each & every bit of spam that ends up in > > these mailing lists, as it usually just adds to the noise. Now, I've had a > > gutful. Can we please move it to subscriber only postings? > > > > Stephen > > Only if we have to? - I know a few people who have 'intermittent' net access / > freemail accounts, and have to make do... > > I've looked through the headers, and mailed the ISP's involved (including the > ones that promiscuously relay) - I'd suggest a few more people do that first The spam content of the freebsd lists is actually quite low. I subscribed to fetchmail-announce and got spammed through there 6 times during the first night (all ended up in the bit-bucket thanks to procmail). That's an example of what happens on an unfiltered mailing list :-) (I think f-a has since been closed to posting). I also always complain to the systems which originate/relay spam (except when it's obviously a purchased domain owned by the spammer, in which case his upstream provider), and usually get results (at least, according to the automated feedback I get :) I'd be interested to hear statistics of how much mail gets bounced off the hub spam filters.. Kris ----- (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message