SPAM and other junk posted to openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org / was: [Fwd: [MailServer Notification]To Recipient virus found and action taken.]

[Damien Miller]

Roland Mainz wrote:

> Hi!
> 

> Is it possible to block postings (or let mailman put it into the
> "approval" queue and let someone approve the non-SPAM postings) from
> non-list-members to get rid of this SPAM ?

The list is already pretty heavily filtered, using SpamAssassin,
Mailman's internal stuff and a heap of procmail.

Pushing stuff into an approval queue is not currently an option, I just
don't have enough time to vet messages from non-subscribers. Unless
Mailman's approval interface radically improves, I can't see this
circumstance changing anytime soon.

A better option would be to improve the spam filtering with some
additional rulesets (especially ones to catch antivirus
adverts^H^H^Hnotifications) and maybe some greylisting. I'll try to
implement this as soon as I can.

There is a pretty clear cycle in the number of spams that make it
through SpamAssassin. It drops right after a stable release and then
climbs back up as the spammers get wise. Right now we are well into such
a climb, so hopefully the SpamAssassin team will make a new release soon.

Until then, please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. This is,
unfortunately, one of the costs of having an open list.

-d