From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 17:27:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7E337B417 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 17:27:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D908143F93 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h740RfOg011843; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:27:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h740Reps011842; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:27:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200308040027.h740Reps011842@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: paz@qcislands.net (Jim Pazarena) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:27:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3F2D5BD9.8030105@qcislands.net> from "Jim Pazarena" at Aug 03, 2003 12:00:41 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Something is wrong here X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:27:44 -0000 > > The same thing happens to me occasionally. > > My diagnosis is this: > * my MTA (exim) is set to reject junk mail. > * freebsd list gets spammed with junk mail reasonably frequently > * my MTA refuses the junk from the list > * FreeBSD mailing system cuts me off because I have rejected the > junk/spam which > it is propogating. > > --- the list needs to be closed? Or at least it needs to have it's OWN > junk mail filter.. My understanding is that they do employ a spam filter which catches the vast majority of junk. But, as with all such things, some still amkes it through. ////jerry > > my 2 cents > > > > vizion communication wrote: >