* Maciej W. Rozycki: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2020, Frank Ch. Eigler via Gcc wrote: > >> > > So, a request: Could the overseers either install more effective >> > > spam protection for the list as a whole (preferred) >> >> Heh, if only it were that easy! Spam filtering was and is distinct >> from mailing list processing, and as you know it's a constant arms >> race. We're working hard to make the new installation of spamassassin >> as discriminating as possible. We're also working on the workflow to >> clean the web archives of spam that got through. > > Spam bouncing is evil and often hits an innocent person whose address has > been faked by the sender of spam, making the source of bounces not better > than the originator.
I expect this to be an SMTP-level rejection, not a bounce. sourceware generates a bounce from that, and Mailman reacts to that. But the target mail server does not generate a bounce. So your concern about bad ISP behavior does not apply here.
