Subject: Re: we have to do something about this spam
To: None <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Johan A.van Zanten <johan@giantfoo.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/21/2007 10:11:23
Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org> wrote:
> The sole reason we are in this position is because of the handful of
> very vocal NetBSD users who still pay for UUCP connections and insist
> on posting to NetBSD lists through a usenet gateway and hence refuse
> to subscribe to the lists; resulting in NetBSD management keeping the
> lists open. We need to accept that this is no longer how the
> internet works and move on... I've been advocating a "post-only"
> mailing list that these people can subscribe to but which does not
> accept any mail.
How about going to listmember-only posting but adding a whitelist of
other, non-listmember senders? It seems like with Postfix, it could be a
"From" line whitelist, or maybe a mail relay white list.
-johan