[alicebot-archcomm] Mailman and spam

[Ernest Lergon]

Dr. Rich Wallace wrote:
>
> [snip]
> 
> One thing that is starting to bother me about these mailman mailing lists
> is the administrative overhead generated by the rising amount of spam.
> 
> As list administrator, I get daily emails telling me how many messages
> have been blocked from each list, including alicebot-archcomm, pending
> administrative approval.
> 
> Today for example there were 104 pending messages to alicebot-archcomm,
> all posts by non-members, all spam.
> 
> [snip]
> 

Hi Rich,

taking only a short glance I found:
http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar/mailman/mailman-administration-v2.html

Look for 'member_posting_only' - is it set to 'yes' on your server?

This should prevent non-members from posting.

But don't take this for granted, I'm not using mailman - just giving a hint.

As always: it's all in the docs ;-)

Ernest

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