Subject: Re: spam to my list address
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@conmicro.cx>
List: current-users
Date: 09/09/2000 20:15:38
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 06:12:36PM -0700, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net ("Gregg C Levine") writes:
> > What about configuring the listserver so that it rejects postings
> > that do not correspond to a subscribed address?
> It's not a particularly good idea, and has been rejected before.
> "search the list archives to find out why."

It is, however, standard practice on the vast majority of Internet mailing
lists these days, precisely as an anti-spam measure.

Failing that, how about making the NetBSD mail server check the RBL before
forwarding?