Re: Actually [Re: Some spam]

From	Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Actually [Re: Some spam]
Date	2017-04-21 18:00 +0200
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, fc wrote:
> Actually -- does anyone monitor this list for this type of stuff?

Yes, listmaster@lists.debian.org does.

> I see these types of things come through periodically -- and 1 delete
> on the front end could prevent a lot of woe.

We discard large swaths of spam. Some inevitably makes it through.
People replying to known spam doesn't help, though.

See https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam for what
you can do to help

> *Even more so* -- it seems like unauthorized users can email this
> list?
>
> Why not just restrict it to people who have subscribed?

Because that just adds more hoops to jump through for people with a
legitimate question, and lots of spam forges From addresses nowadays,
anyway.

-- 
Don Armstrong                      https://www.donarmstrong.com

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for
the people.
 -- Oscar Wilde

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Re: Actually [Re: Some spam] Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-04-21 18:00 +0200
  Re: Actually [Re: Some spam] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-21 19:50 +0200
    Re: Actually [Re: Some spam] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-04-21 20:40 +0200
    Re: Actually [Re: Some spam] Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-04-21 21:40 +0200
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