* zopestoller <zopestoller@thomas-guettler.de> writes:
Nagy Gabor <linux42@freemail.c3.hu> schrieb am 11.01.2002, 10:33:31:
On 02-Jan-10 14:41, Martijn Pieters wrote:
I am a moderator on this list, and Mailman (the mailinglist software) catches 90% of all spam sent to this list, as well as virii. I am looking into methods for further reducing the amount that gets through. Moderating *every* message on this list is not practical however. I am not going to click "approve" 150 times a day.
Then you're running the wrong MLM. I know, because I'm forced to use it, too: http://mail.socha.net/story/2001/12/5/7642/23321#tocref5 Mailman sucks very big things through very small things. Recent versions of Mailman support CLI interaction, though. If you'd like to risk your mail, that is. Barry, if you're reading this: no offense intended, y'know? :-)
Wouldn't it be OK to allow only subscribed people to post to the list?
I prefere open lists where everybody kann post. Sometimes you just want to sent one message to the list, sometimes you post from another account.
I beg to differ. If your MUA does not allow for changing settings per group/list, it's broken. Gnus or mutt are the tools of choice.
I have an idea how to stop spammers: Only subscribered people can post, if someone who is not on the list wants to post he has to include a magic word in the subject. This way unsubscribed humans can post and spam robots can't.
If Mailman wasn't that utterly broken, one could set up a subscriber-only sublist of an open list. But, eh, it's Mailman. The keyword idea is not new, and it sucks. People not capable of subscribing to a list are also usually not able to insert a keyword into a header. And then you get the "I want to post to $LIST with $CRAP_MUA from $LUSER_ISP and it $BRAINDEAD_ERROR_REPORT". Been there, done that.
I don't know if mailman can do this.
Mailman can do anything. It will hurt a little, though...