The best solution is probably the easiest to do. Restrict the mail relay for the mailing list to members only.
Whenever a member spams the list, he/she/it is removed from the list and banned for some period of time (1 to 6 months seems reasonable). Junk spams from outsiders should be dropped without comment. Mail from anyone else gets a reply that indicates that they should join the list to post to it. That's the way most of the lists I subscribe to are run. Can we consider it for Amanda's? Thanks for reading. Now back to your daily dose of SPAM. (Note: Attempted humor here.) Don Donald L. (Don) Ritchey E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Seth, Wayne (Contractor) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:22 AM To: 'Joshua Baker-LePain'; Seth, Wayne (Contractor) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Pornography Joshua, The spam comes both ways. In all cases so far, the message part is in several foreign languages, so probably not from one source. My feeling is that somehow the spammers have gotten into to amanda user-list database and are using it directly. Wayne Seth COE Lab Manager 520-538-0110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Baker-LePain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:42 AM To: Seth, Wayne (Contractor) Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Pornography On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 at 4:09pm, Seth, Wayne (Contractor) wrote > Since signing up on the Amanda list serve about 2 or 3 weeks ago, my e-mail > address seems to have distributed to several pornographic spammers. Because > of that, I cannot continue with the list. Please unsubscribe me. To be clear, is the spam coming directly to your address, or to the amanda list? (I don't see it, because I run spamassassin on my mail server). No one but you can unsubscribe you. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University ************************************************************************ This e-mail and any of its attachments may contain Exelon Corporation proprietary information, which is privileged, confidential, or subject to copyright belonging to the Exelon Corporation family of Companies. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. Thank You. ************************************************************************
