Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 14:44:41 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: Corey Snow <corey@snowpoint.com>, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> Subject: Re: Spam problem on the list (Was: Re: URGENT) Message-ID: <20020623214441560.AAA732@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <1024865486.69414.26.camel@lerlaptop> References: <3D15D17C.26108.158E3FFA@localhost>
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On 23 Jun 2002, at 15:51, Larry Rosenman boldly uttered: > The technology to virus scan and SPAM scan exists, and runs on FreeBSD. > My question is why isn't it deployed on the hub.freebsd.org server(s)? Oh, they're doing spam blocking already - rumor has it spam hits hub.freebsd.org about once a second. (of course, that server also serves various individual mail accounts as well, not just the lists) However, they are not: 1) blocking attachments 2) requiring membership to post 3) using DNS-based or other externally-ruled blocklists 4) keeping close tabs on the content and mitigating specific problems in a timely manner #1 is due basically to tradition and feeling that it helps new users #2 see #1 #3 could be for performance reasons, not sure #4 is probably due to lack of manpower, perhaps resistance to change Where us users could help out might be in item #4, or another idea might be to split up list functions onto a different box than the one that handles everything @freebsd.org, and implement different rules/policies on it. I might even have a server I could donate to the cause, and I'm probably within a 45 min drive of where the stuff is currently hosted. That is unless the "status quotians" (a new, -er I mean old lifeform) don't drown out the suggestion with the familiar "we don't need help, nothing's broken" response. > I've gotten more virii this weekend to the FreeBSD lists I subscribe to > than any other place. As have I. -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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