On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 3:48 AM Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote: > > >On Wed, 30 May 2018, Michael McNally wrote: > >>We have had reports that posts to bind-users are (in at least some > >>cases) triggering unwelcome direct-to-the-submitter messages from > >>spammers. > > it was about time ;-) > > On 31.05.18 08:28, G.W. Haywood via bind-users wrote: > >I'm not sure that there's much that a list manager can do about it. > > they can find the abusers relay posts to spam senders and remove them. > > I have met similar case on IRC some 15-20 years ago. Spammer joined a > channel, and relayed nicknames of those who joined (or left) so they got > spam srom another nickname >
... these has also been a (recent) issue where someone subscribed their ticketing system to the list, and so every posting got a: [ RT - #4217 ] AutoReply: Re: <you message> Thank you for opening a ticket. We will get to it soon. Thanks, NOC. W > >This has been an issue for most of the lists to which I've subscribed > >for decades. My list addresses only accept mail from the lists to > >which they're subscribed, and I'd imagine most other subscribers (at > >least to the BIND list) would take similar precautions if necessary. > > not everyone can set up such configuration and not everyone of those who can > is willing to play with it. > -- > Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ > Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. > Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. > Remember half the people you know are below average. > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
