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Hi,
due to increasing spam rates to the mailing lists, is there a way of cutting down on the spam we receive and/or the work needed in dealing with it? Currently, there is a checkbox saying to "discard all messages marked defer" (which is the default) - but I don't think this actually prevents further postings from the same spammer (correct me I'm wrong). Marking every message for the 'discard/block combo' takes increasing amounts of time. What I'm wondering is if it's possible to, say, "mark all messages as spam", which would do that job for us? Or can one increase the threshold for potential spam (and is that what David Gerard did recently on the wikiEN-l list)? Also, I invariably get the same spam messages sent to my own inbox - is this preventable?
Cheers,
Cormac
Cormac Lawler <cormaggio@...> writes:
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Hi,
due to increasing spam rates to the mailing lists, is there a way of cutting down on the spam we receive and/or the work needed in dealing with it? Currently, there is a checkbox saying to "discard all
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What I do since recently with lists under my control is to use the option "Discard held messages older than this number of days."
and use 4 days or so, depending on the amount of spam.
The you get the emails about the messages hold for moderation, you take a quick look to the lists in that email, confirm that the are all spam as usual and ignore it.
The expire and that is it. No need to go to the admin page of the list and clean it out.
Greetings, Walter
On 6/8/07, Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com wrote:
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Hi,
due to increasing spam rates to the mailing lists, is there a way of cutting down on the spam we receive and/or the work needed in dealing with it?
Yes. Auto-reject all mail that comes from non-members. In the auto-rejection notice, write something like this (example taken from foundation-l, I know that wikiit-l does something similar): "Due to a large amount of spam, emails from non-members of this list are now automatically rejected. If you have a valuable contribution to the list but would rather not subscribe to it, please sent an email to foundation-l-owner at lists.wikimedia.org and we will forward your post to the list. Please be aware that all messages to this list are archived and viewable for the public. If you have a confidential communication to make, please rather email info at wikimedia.org
Thank you."
Regards Michael
Currently, there is a checkbox saying to "discard all messages marked defer" (which is the default) - but I don't think this actually prevents further postings from the same spammer (correct me I'm wrong). Marking every message for the 'discard/block combo' takes increasing amounts of time. What I'm wondering is if it's possible to, say, "mark all messages as spam", which would do that job for us? Or can one increase the threshold for potential spam (and is that what David Gerard did recently on the wikiEN-l list)? Also, I invariably get the same spam messages sent to my own inbox - is this preventable?
this is because spammers also find your "foolist-owner at lists.wikimedia.org" adress which redirects to your mailbox. This is hardly preventable unless you open an extra emailaccount which you use as owner address (This list is run by...)
Michael
Cheers,
Cormac
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