From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 30 12:25:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C2C837B401 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:25:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mobile.hub.org (u173n136.eastlink.ca [24.224.173.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF58C43FBD for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:25:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by mobile.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7DFF33F8B; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:25:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mobile.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708433F7F; Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:25:48 -0400 (AST) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:25:48 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker X-X-Sender: scrappy@localhost To: Greg Hurrell In-Reply-To: <741171F3-5A52-11D7-A61F-000393BC25EC@hurrell.cc> Message-ID: <20030330162532.L563@localhost> References: <741171F3-5A52-11D7-A61F-000393BC25EC@hurrell.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] Unsubscribing due to spam X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:25:54 -0000 Why not install Spamassassin and filter appropriately? On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Greg Hurrell wrote: > Sorry to say it, but due to the high volume of spam I am receiving on > this list I am unsubscribing. > > The policy of allowing non-subscribers to post (which applies to the > majority of FreeBSD mailing lists) means that those lists now generate > the majority of all my spam traffic. > > Many of these spam messages have as their Return-Path > "owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" (etc, depending on the list) and so > this means I can't even block repeat offenders at the SMTP server based > on the Return-Path. > > I've made these protests before and have always been told that the > policy is not going to change, but in the year 2003 and with the spam > problem the way it is, I just can't see any justification for allowing > this "accept all-comers" policy to continue. In order to provide people > with the convenience of posting from anywhere at any time, you are also > affording these spammers with the convenience of an efficient, > consequence-free mass-distribution mechanism for their unwanted and > annoying spam. > > If people are subscribed to these lists and want to read the replies > their need access to the subscribed email account anyway. > > If people are not subscribed and want answers, well perhaps they should > be subscribing too. > > Anyway, this is, regretfully, adios (and goodbye to all of my > subscriptions but freebsd-announce for this very reason). > > Cheers, > Greg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org