Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually)

From	Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually)
Date	2017-04-20 22:50 +0200
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fc:
>
> Actually -- does anyone monitor this list for this type of stuff?

You have no idea *how much* spam is blocked by the work of the list
masters. But it's not that anybody monitors all of the almost 300 Debian
lists¹ with thousands of posts each day.

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

Your help is appreciated:
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ListMaster/ListArchiveSpam

Obviously, this only affects the archive after all subscribers already
received the spam message. Moderating all Debian lists is not a job that
anybody wants to do (and it wouldn't even be appreciated).

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

Because this excludes use cases that are deemed valid by the list
masters.

J.
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debian-user@lists.debian.org: Upgrading MailBox in Progress Verify Password "No Reply" <deJonge@t-online.de> - 2017-04-20 18:30 +0200
  Warning ---- Re: debian-user@lists.debian.org: Upgrading MailBox in  Progress Verify Password Mr Smiley <mr_smiley_home@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-20 20:50 +0200
    Re: Warning ---- Re: debian-user@lists.debian.org: Upgrading MailBox  in Progress Verify Password Mr Smiley <mr_smiley_home@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-20 20:50 +0200
      Re: Warning ---- Re: debian-user@lists.debian.org: Upgrading  MailBox in Progress Verify Password Norbert Kiszka <norbert@linux.pl> - 2017-04-20 21:20 +0200
    Actually -- Re: Warning ---- Re: debian-user@lists.debian.org:  Upgrading MailBox in Progress Verify Password fc <fc@AreYouForThePeople.org> - 2017-04-20 21:10 +0200
      Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually) Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-04-20 22:50 +0200
        Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually) Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 23:10 +0200
        Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually) Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 00:00 +0200
          Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually) Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 00:30 +0200
            Re: Spam on Debian lists Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-04-21 01:20 +0200
          Re: Spam on Debian lists Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-04-21 01:10 +0200
          Re: Spam on Debian lists Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2017-04-21 02:30 +0200
            Re: Spam on Debian lists Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 04:20 +0200
              Re: Spam on Debian lists Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 14:10 +0200
          Re: Spam on Debian lists (was: Actually) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-04-21 09:30 +0200
          Re: Spam on Debian lists Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-04-21 23:50 +0200

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