Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 06:28:36 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: Fernando =?UTF-8?B?QXBlc3RlZ3XDrWE=?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Span in the lists Message-ID: <20160306062836.dace0e53a03e8d18a2c904b1@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20160306132336.777336d5@X220.alogt.com> References: <CAGwOe2bEHtMJiPNrxzYqc4uQj%2B7GNjQs=GUZx8j-hrGS7x%2BGpg@mail.gmail.com> <20160306132336.777336d5@X220.alogt.com>
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On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 13:23:36 +0800 Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 08:08:17 +0100 > Fernando Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What happened in the last few hours regarding the lists? I received _a > > lot of spam_ from freebsd-ports@ freebsd-questions@ and other lists. > > > I receive some times hundred of spam mail claiming to come from the > list but none actually comes from the list. Except the one above > (D-SUB ...). My trick is that I use a different e-mail address for this > list. All e-mails to this list not originating from freebsd.org are > considered spam. This solves at least 99% of the problems but also > deletes private messages sent by accident to this e-mail address. Not just accidentally - common practice in the FreeBSD lists is to reply to all so if someone is replying to a thread in which you have posted you will get a mail to your address as well as to the list. The former you will classify as spam - incorrectly. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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