I do get your point. I've got the same problem with the CheckUser-l mailing list. Even though we removed the option to subscribe on our general information page[1] and we automatically reject emails from non-members, we still get dozens of spam via the -owner address. And I have no idea what we can do about it. There is no such option to block spam to -owner.

Van: Listadmins <listadmins-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org> namens Maarten Dammers <maarten@mdammers.nl>
Verzonden: vrijdag 5 mei 2017 10:54:12
Aan: listadmins@lists.wikimedia.org
Onderwerp: Re: [List admins] Removed myself as owner of the pywikibot* mailman lists
 

You all seem to miss the point. The junk that got through was directed at the -owner addresses like pywikibot-owner@lists.wikimedia.org not at the actual lists.

Maarten