Gary Spivey wrote: >My lists are locked down to only allow posts from members, so my members >are not getting any SPAM. However, as list owner, every one of my lists >is getting a large amount of SPAM - generally sent to the listname-owner >or to mailman-owner. My maillog entry looks like this: > > > >Sep 23 10:39:34 hostname sendmail[17245]: l8NHdYwF017244: >to="|/usr/lib/mailman/mail > >/mailman owner mailman", ctladdr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (8/0), >delay > >=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=140071, dsn=2.0.0, >stat=Sent
This message was sent to the mailman-owner address. It could have been sent directly there or it could be a Mailman generated notice. If the latter, it will look like a notice, I.e. it will have a subject like "listname post from [EMAIL PROTECTED] requires approval" or "Uncaught bounce notification" and will be a multipart message with the original spam in a separate part. If this is just a straight spam, it was sent by the spammer to the mailman-owner address. It could also be the result of spam sent to some remote address which spoofed the mailman-owner address as the sender and got bounced back to mailman-owner by the remote server. >Sep 23 10:39:35 hostname sendmail[17247]: l8NHdZV9017247: >from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >.domain.com>, size=2069, class=-60, nrcpts=1, >msgid=<mailman.23.1190569172.40 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=Daemon0, >relay=localhost.loc > >aldomain [127.0.0.1] This is a Mailman generated message-id for a notice from the 'mailman' list, so it is a Mailman notice, but I don't think it is the same message as the first one because it has a different sendmail id. >Does anyone know how to best stop these? Are these SPAM's coming from >the outside direct to the e-mail address, If they just look like spam, then yes, they are coming directly to the -owner address. >or are they somehow going >through mailman? If the latter, can I stop it in mailman somehow? If the >former, does somebody have a recommended way to stop them? I have a SPAM >filter running on my end system, but I am just tired of the constant >flow of SPAM. I use spamassassin with a pretty low threshold, but there is so much volume that the 5% that gets through is a bunch. I wish I had a better solution. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
