[ofa-general] Spam on mailing list general at openib.org

[Jeff Becker]

Hi all. I tightened the SPAM level trigger on this list. Hopefully 
that'll improve things.

-jeff

Dan Noe wrote:
> On 3/27/2008 11:27, Pawel Dziekonski wrote:
>> the problem is that anybody can write to the list. this has
>> advantages, but allows spam to come. so just close access to
>> registered people?
>
> Using mailman it is also possible to hold rejected mail for 
> moderation, which allows you to catch people who might be sending 
> legit mail from outside.  Kinda gives you the best of both worlds.  
> The drawback is that someone needs to moderate it...
>
> Also, you have the option of rejecting or dropping the messages. 
> Rejecting sends a response, at the risk of causing backscatter spam. 
> But at least then if someone legit who is not a list member posts to 
> the list, it'll send them a message back telling them they need to 
> join the list.
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>