On 23 September 2015 at 21:10, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015, at 04:34 PM, Gora Mohanty wrote: >> Hi, >> >> There seems to have been a significant spike in spam emails forwarded >> to moderators. While the volume is still tractable, what surprises me >> is that almost all of these ought to have been caught by automated >> spam filters. E.g., a significant fraction of the spam seems to >> originate from just a few email addresses. Surely it is possible to >> black-list such addresses after they have been marked as spam several >> times, and have never had a successful post? > > I think you'll find spam handling is something of an art-form, and an > ongoing catch-up race. I think you'll also find it horrific how much > spam ASF infrastructure blocks before it gets to moderators.
Agreed as in spam being an ongoing and maybe never-ending battle, but as mentioned, these seem obvious fodder for automated spam filters, and email is still being accepted fro 2-3 weeks from a single email address. I am pretty sure that spamassassin would catch many of these. > If you have specific questions about spam handling, then I'd suggest you > ask on the ASF infrastructure list, but generally, we can expect that > there will be occasions when something that seems obviously spam gets > through our systems. OK, will take this up on the ASF infrastructure list as you suggest. Thanks: I was not quite sure where to address this plaint to. Regards, Gora
