On Jan 31, 2004, at 13:52, Kelly Anderson wrote:
I haven't set up Spam Assassin, but I do run a lot of mailing lists. You can eliminate 99% of all spam on mailing lists by doing two things:
- Only members of the list can post to the list (I don't think you're
doing this, but not sure since I'm not on the other list being discussed)
Non-member posts are held for moderation. Most are spam, and easily discarded. However, some of the lists get quite a bit of spam and the admins don't want to sift through it all looking for the "help! i can't get X to work" message from someone who didn't subscribe yet.
- You must answer an email to join the list (I think you already do
this)
Yes, we do this.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)