Re: [Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Bruce Harrison
These are just random addresses, never existed on my mailman machine. Incoming gets filtered by Microsoft setup. Bruce UTM -Original Message- From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:and...@hodgsonfamily.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 12:23 PM To: Bruce Harrison; mailman-users@python.org Sub

Re: [Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Bruce Harrison wrote: >Interesting, I may give SpamAssassin a look. Thanks! One thing here which I forgot is if your machine is not receiving mail directly, you may have less luck with SpamAssassin due to the mail always coming in from a downstream server. It is easy to overcome but needs mor

Re: [Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Bruce Harrison writes: > Mine are almost always mail to invalid lists. What makes you think these are "lists"? Simply the fact that they're addressed to the Mailman machine? Or are they decommissioned lists or something like that? In general, spammers often seem to pick random mailboxes or co

Re: [Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Bruce Harrison
Interesting, I may give SpamAssassin a look. Thanks! Mine are almost always mail to invalid lists. My box talks to our local mail processor, which in turn runs off-campus thru the MS filters/scanners and on out. Bruce UTM -Original Message- From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:and...@hodgsonfam

Re: [Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Bruce Harrison wrote: >For the last month or two, I get anywhere from 3 or 4 to 20 to 30 postings to >non-existent lists on our mailman server. I've been reading of course about >the subscribe spamming that folks have been talking about. >Is this just someone poking at our mailman machine tryi

[Mailman-Users] strange postings to non-existant lists

2015-09-08 Thread Bruce Harrison
For the last month or two, I get anywhere from 3 or 4 to 20 to 30 postings to non-existent lists on our mailman server. I've been reading of course about the subscribe spamming that folks have been talking about. Is this just someone poking at our mailman machine trying to find something to se