Subject: Re: Reason for current policy, was Re: [linux-audio-dev] Should the list be members-only?
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 19:09:55 EEST
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 03:57:12PM +0200, ?rjan Askhult wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When this was discussed on lmkl the answer from Matti Aarnio -- co-postmaster of vger.kernel.org was:
>
> "Running lists _closed_ doesn't solve the thing either. It would
> be enough for a spammer to fake source address that is known poster
> to a list."
That is true, but in practice that does not seem to be happening.
We're just getting a bunch of spam from non-subscribed addresses.
--Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's WIZARD PROTO FEDORA! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)
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