List Spam Filtering

Michael Ross gmx at ross.cx
Sat May 11 18:14:21 UTC 2013


On Thu, 09 May 2013 02:26:26 +0200, Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com>  
wrote:

> Hi questions@ ( spammer not cc'd )
>
> Reference:
>> From:		Aaron Seligman <aseligman at altitudedigitalpartners.com>
>> Reply-to:	aseligman at altitudedigitalpartners.com
>> Date:		Wed, 08 May 2013 18:59:07 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject:	Re: Display & Video Campaigns-Inventory Needed
>> Message-id:	<1368039547.0568389241738319 at mf7.sendgrid.net>
>
>> Happy hump-day,
>>
>> We have an opportunity with an RTB partner to monetize
>>
>> INT Geo's; UK, CAN, AUS
>>
>> Video: (Pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll)
>
>
> If list write access was changed to Subscribers Only:
>   - List could silently discard such spam.
>   - Postmaster@  (& webmaster@ weeding web archives) would have less  
> work.
>   - Less individual need to select spam phrases to copy to personal  
> filters
>     (& less time searching WTF dialect American above meant in English  
> ;-).
>
> Newbies would be told "subscribe before posting" in all of:
> 	/etc/motd
> 	http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> 	Automatic list bounce response.
> Only clueless, lazy, & spammers might be lost. A net gain.
>
> Cheers,
> Julian


I'm curious how much spam you get through this list.

Just counted, and I have about 2 Spams per week for the last month,
that's more than usual.


Regards,

Michael


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