[Mailman-Users] managing the list

[Jon Carnes]

Dan is right - Procmail can really help you out a lot...  I like to stop 
spam at the MTA (mail server).  You can use a lot of tricks to help out 
with spam.  If you are using Sendmail, check out the excellent resources 
available at:
http://www.sendmail.org

In particular you should look into using Orbz (I think that's what its 
called now...) the RBL list.  This is a list of open relays used by 
spammers as well as a list of known spammers.  Using it will cut out a lot 
of spam.

Another resource you can look at is:
http://www.spamcop.net

They will analyze your spam and let you know where it actually came from 
(and let you know if Orbz would have blocked it...)

Good Luck in fighting the good fight!

Jon Carnes
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> > Greetings,
> > Mailman is brilliant (flattery will hopefully get me everywehre)
> >
> > I run the safe-nz list on behalf of the safety community in New
> > Zealand.  the list is sponsored by the National Institute for Water and
> > Atmospheric Research and was originally configured by the then IT
> > manager Wayne Knowles.
> >
> > Like everyone else, we are getting heaps of SPAM.
> >
> > Can I set the configuration to automatically reject SPAM and confine
> > postings to members? and preferably automatically delete the rubbish?
> >
> > Nigel
>
> For particularly spam-sensitive or spam-prone lists, I find
> front-ending the list manager with a procmail filter makes good
> sense.  Procmail is quite flexible, and can discard incoming
> mail on much more sophisticated critera than any sane mailing
> list software should or perhaps even could touch.