[Mailman-Users] spam prevention

[Todd]

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Malthe Borch wrote:
> I'm getting tired of getting these messages (as admin) on my
> members-only list:
>
>     From:    security at microsoft.com
>     Subject: Use this patch immediately !
>     Reason:  Post by non-member to a members-only list
>
> How can I tell mailman to just automatically discard such posts. Or
> can I set a time-out (i.e. 3 days), and if I take no action, they're
> deleted.

In mailman >= 2.1, you can have posts from non-members discarded or
rejected instead of held.  Check out Privacy Options -> Sender Filters
for doing that.

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