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Subject: Re: How 'bout closing the "anybody can post" hole?
From: Brent Chapman <Brent @ GreatCircle . COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 10:00:42 -0800
To: mcb @ postmodern . com, list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <32FEB7B6.27B4@postmodern.com>
References: <m0vtaTT-00049GC@planet>

At 9:54 PM -0800 2/9/97, Michael C. Berch wrote:
>Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>>
>> OK.  In a week I've gotten something like 5 spams via the list-managers
>> list.  Mouse-nuts in comparison to the spam I get from other sources, but
>> every little bit helps.
>>
>> Can we change the status of list-managers such that only recipients are
>> allowed to post?  Please?
>
>Done.  We seem to be under a major spam attack -- 7 spams to
>list-managers overnight (and counting)... oddly they seem to come from
>different places if you trace back the Received lines, but I still don't
>believe in coincidences.
>
>Unfortunately the mechanism to do this in Majordomo is slightly clunky,
>so bear with us for a while until this is sorted out.  Some posts from
>legitimate members may be delayed if their address does not match, etc.
>
>--
>Michael C. Berch
>List-Managers list manager
>mcb@greatcircle.com / mcb@postmodern.com

Whatever you did, didn't work.  We've been getting "MAJORDOMO WARNING"
messages all morning about it.  I changed the list from space-separated to
colon-separated; we'll see if that helps any.


-Brent

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