Re: [Help-smalltalk] Spam

[LD]

Hi again,

On 10/10/2005, at 4:39 PM, Stewart Stremler wrote:

> quoting LD as of Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:54:51PM +1000:
>
> Hello. Was this off-list, or has it not yet shown up on the list?

Woops, forgot to CC the list...

> > On 10/10/2005, at 11:09 AM, Stewart Stremler wrote:
> >
> > > quoting Bruce Badger as of Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 10:07:41AM +1000:
>
> [snip]
>
> > > There may be a few places where a GST user is told to just post  
> > > to the
> > > list address if they have a question or problem; requiring them to
> > > subscribe might drive them away.
> >
> > Small price to pay I'd say!
> > Most lists I know of require subscription for this very purpose.
>
> Most of the lists I'm on have auto-post for members and require
> moderator intervention for non-members, and the moderators can set
> a rule to block offending addresses.

Well, there you go. I've lived a sheltered life :-)

> (I'd just as soon block the IPs of offending addresses, as most of
> the spam is also forged, but there's probably a DoS attack in there
> somewhere...)

The simplest way is surely to test:
1) if either subscribed, or
2) first few posts for non-subscribers are delayed (checked by admin)

In both cases, blacklisted (harder than whitelists) if they start to  
become a source of spam.

> > More importantly, the level of spam that this list attracts might
> > drive away legitimate users. It's certainly made me think twice after
> > have subscribed and then getting inundated from then on (i.e.,  
> > daily).
>
> It's gotten worse, recently.

It's gotta go, please...

with regards,
--

LD