From: Jean-Jacques Puig (Jean-Jacques.Puig_at_int-evry.fr)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 09:44:00 CEST
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:50:30PM -0400, Ken Bantoft wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Simon Matthews wrote:
>
> > We seem to be getting a lot of SPAM on the freeswan list -- I assume (and
> > if this post goes through, I know) that anyone can post to the list.
> >
> > Can we require that posters be subscribed to the list?
> >
> > Simon
> >
>
> Nope. This is a mailing list FAQ - the maintainers of the list believe in
> free speech, and feel that restricting posts from subscribed users impedes
> on this. As such, no filtering is in place (technically, I think they've
> filtered most of the virus-postings + Scanner Notifications).
>
> Reference:
>
> http://lists.freeswan.org/pipermail/users/2002-May/009953.html
> http://lists.freeswan.org/pipermail/users/2001-August/002139.html
>
>
> Most of us run some sort of procmail+spamassassin or other filtering to
> clean it up.
What about using active spam killer (ask) to ask confirmation from
unsubscribed posters ? This is no real filtering (the mail will
eventually come in), and it does not jeopardize freedom of speech (it
also helps again impersonating an address).
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