Hello all,
I hope that this is the right list to ask about Mailman's admin options, if not, let me know where I should ask :)
I'm looking for someone to help me with the config of a mailing-list, to reactivate the semi-automated spam filter.
I'm one of the admins on the Wikidata mailing-list. A while ago, to prevent my newsletter to be considered as spam because it included too many links, I changed something in the config of the mailing-list, I don't remember exactly what, but it was about not filtering spam for the admins anymore, and sending each single spam email (or emails from non-registered users) to the ML owners. Since then we end up with tons of emails in our mailboxes everyday. I tried to reactivate this "pre-filter" feature, but I can't remember where it is and how to do it right.
Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this? Thanks in advance :)
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 2:45 AM Léa Lacroix lea.lacroix@wikimedia.de wrote:
Hello all,
I hope that this is the right list to ask about Mailman's admin options, if not, let me know where I should ask :)
I'm looking for someone to help me with the config of a mailing-list, to reactivate the semi-automated spam filter.
I'm one of the admins on the Wikidata mailing-list. A while ago, to prevent my newsletter to be considered as spam because it included too many links, I changed something in the config of the mailing-list, I don't remember exactly what, but it was about not filtering spam for the admins anymore, and sending each single spam email (or emails from non-registered users) to the ML owners. Since then we end up with tons of emails in our mailboxes everyday. I tried to reactivate this "pre-filter" feature, but I can't remember where it is and how to do it right.
Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this? Thanks in advance :)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/listadmins may be a better list for questions about configuring a mailman list.
Bryan
On 27-08-2020 13:58, Léa Lacroix wrote:
Hello all,
I hope that this is the right list to ask about Mailman's admin options, if not, let me know where I should ask :)
I'm looking for someone to help me with the config of a mailing-list, to reactivate the semi-automated spam filter.
I'm one of the admins on the Wikidata mailing-list. A while ago, to prevent my newsletter to be considered as spam because it included too many links, I changed something in the config of the mailing-list, I don't remember exactly what, but it was about not filtering spam for the admins anymore, and sending each single spam email (or emails from non-registered users) to the ML owners. Since then we end up with tons of emails in our mailboxes everyday. I tried to reactivate this "pre-filter" feature, but I can't remember where it is and how to do it right.
Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this? Thanks in advance :)
I'm not a pro when it comes to mailman. So, I couldn't give explicit answers. Anyways, I found the following articles which might possibly help you:
* Mailman Administrators FAQ https://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/email/services/lists/admin/faq.html (In particular, the "List moderation and spam" section)
* Mailman: List Configuration Options https://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/email/services/lists/admin/config.html
* HOWTO Deal With Spam as a Mailman List Owner https://dltj.org/article/mailman-spam-howto/
-- Sivaraam
Thanks all for your answers and suggestions! I got some help and found the parameter I needed to change: *generic_nonmember_action* (privacy): Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined. Cheers, Léa
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 17:32, Kaartic Sivaraam < kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> wrote:
On 27-08-2020 13:58, Léa Lacroix wrote:
Hello all,
I hope that this is the right list to ask about Mailman's admin options,
if
not, let me know where I should ask :)
I'm looking for someone to help me with the config of a mailing-list, to reactivate the semi-automated spam filter.
I'm one of the admins on the Wikidata mailing-list. A while ago, to
prevent
my newsletter to be considered as spam because it included too many
links,
I changed something in the config of the mailing-list, I don't remember exactly what, but it was about not filtering spam for the admins
anymore,
and sending each single spam email (or emails from non-registered users)
to
the ML owners. Since then we end up with tons of emails in our mailboxes everyday. I tried to reactivate this "pre-filter" feature, but I can't remember where it is and how to do it right.
Does anyone have a clue about how to fix this? Thanks in advance :)
I'm not a pro when it comes to mailman. So, I couldn't give explicit answers. Anyways, I found the following articles which might possibly help you:
Mailman Administrators FAQ https://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/email/services/lists/admin/faq.html (In particular, the "List moderation and spam" section)
Mailman: List Configuration Options https://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/email/services/lists/admin/config.html
HOWTO Deal With Spam as a Mailman List Owner https://dltj.org/article/mailman-spam-howto/
-- Sivaraam
wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org