From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 17:12:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5BDCA32F for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x22b.google.com (mail-vc0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C4E49FC for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id kv19so5905021vcb.2 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:12:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=68NWFAEoO+MYmIGrPJh/34O0gsx5VHOqS1OEV0eD6bo=; b=p8ux7E4PL3Oq0oGjS6Uk1OejxOpiGnbQ+SxQ9KiIyJBc+kXKdIKeJwSquKt9+tMX9J rwTVfKizSxNsPlEFjrU+5eUumIaONNrEsmHsxAHKxloxKU2h3s0W22E6527/8MD49Dpv 1GQppPuAw5meW39Rt/oeCupue9XI5+F03uDuiZ9SqVTDwzHKHhE2jUVOr6O5SkcNJTpg PsO+r5uxfbo1fbq32XmKHRPzketGEB4TwFp9cw9DupbJUNWfT01w01s5SQxUMceknfau Oq4i9A9n+vMms994Tq2gUA1pTbr/n6vAwCKmLI4t3/YhhQdTyU2f19p+YKuwoqvzNZQm FKtA== X-Received: by 10.52.99.230 with SMTP id et6mr12632324vdb.17.1423588332944; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:12:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from smaug.zep.net (pool-173-73-139-83.washdc.fios.verizon.net. [173.73.139.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id x7sm863332vdi.16.2015.02.10.09.12.12 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:12:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54DA3BEB.7020400@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:12:11 -0500 From: zep User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spam References: <20150210155254.736611dc@topdeck.tinsleyviaduct.com> In-Reply-To: <20150210155254.736611dc@topdeck.tinsleyviaduct.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:12:14 -0000 On 02/10/2015 10:52 AM, Phil Reynolds wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:29:13 +0100 > Malcolm Matalka wrote: > >> This mailing list produces almost all of the spam I receive. Is there >> any plan to reduce the spam? > The list is open for posting to by non-members. There are reasons for > this, but this also means it is open to spam. Annoying, but nothing > that can really be done about it. I don't know that that's true/accurate. there might not be anything that can easily be done about it but there are a wide range of spam catching programs and other methodologies that could be implemented. -- public gpg key id: AE60F64C