Re: [gotmail] spam/phishing on gotmail list

[James Turnbull]

James Lick wrote:

> Tom Duffy wrote:
>
> > Get a spam filter.
>
> Will there be a spam filter for the list archives as well?  They will 
> be pretty useless in a month or two at this rate if not.  Every other 
> list I'm on allows posting by members or by owner approval only.  
> Owner approval allows for the occasional participation by 
> non-members.  Every other list I'm on that has not had this policy has 
> turned into a sewer of spam within a couple of months, leading to 
> massive numbers of people unsubscribing and the list eventually 
> becoming useless.  You're welcome to your sewer if that's what you want.

I concur with James - I also filter (with SpamAssassin and Bogofilter) 
and I've removed several non subscriber only lists from my whitelisting 
recently because of spam.  Having someone subscribe to the list if they 
want to post is not an unreasonable request.  It's the work of a few 
moments to do and it saves everyone on the list, whether they filter or 
not, from dealing with spam.

Regards

James Turnbull

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