Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:57:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Spadge <spadge@fromley.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Posting restrictions on this mailing list (for spam control)? Message-ID: <20061106195524.P39454@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <454E19CC.7040208@fromley.net> References: <f06240809c173c5c9c1ac@[66.80.62.44]> <454E19CC.7040208@fromley.net>
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On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Spadge wrote: > Ross Finlayson wrote: >> Am I the only person who's tired of all of the spam on this mailing list? >> Why is this mailing list not set up so that only subscribers to the list >> can post to it? This has been standard mailing list procedure for several >> years now. > > Spam is annoying, for sure. But I think every now and then spamassassin, or > whatever system the board uses, dies, and on those days we get a bunch of > spam. Usually, though, it's fixed pretty quickly ... until the next time. > > It's quite possible that, as the list members aren't moderated, the sending > bots actually sign up. I'm not sure about this, though. I've not tested the > list with an unsigned address, either, but it's quite possible you do have > to be a member to post. Once in a while, the spam filtering on FreeBSD.org keels over and the level of spam briefly increases until it's fixed. Over the weekend, the FreeBSD.org hardware was relocated to a rolling rack in preparation for it to be moved to a different colo, since Yahoo! is vacating the current colo it's sitting in. Disruption of this type often results in a window where spamassassin isn't processing in-bound mail, so it bypasses spam filtering; I expect this is probably what happened with respect to a bump in the spam rate in the last day or two. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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