[Mailman-Users] Blocking Mail from self...

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:

>Jeffrey M. Johnson wrote:
>>
>>If the list name is mylist at mylistserver.com how do I block spam messages
>>that are "sent" from a spoofed address of mylist at mylistserver.com?
>>
>> 
>>
>>I have tried to block and list as always requiring approval but it doesn't
>>seem to take.
>
>
>What have you done?
>
>If you go to the admin Privacy options... -> Spam filters page and set
>a header filter rule with regexp
>
>^from:.*mylist at myserver\.com
>
>and action of Hold, it should do what you seem to want.


Also, since the list can't be a member of itself, it should suffice to
set Privacy options... -> Sender filters -> generic_nonmember_action
to something other than Accept, or if this isn't viable, add the list
address to hold_these_nonmembers.

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