[Linux-SIG-Planning] Be careful what address you use to post messages

[Dave Lundy]

Due to the overwhelming amount of spam we've had to contend with since loosing
our bastion hosts in the sale of GEMAIR, I've changed the way that Mailman
deals with mail from non-subscribers.  Until this morning, all messages from
non-subscribers generated a message to the list moderator (me, and as of a
couple days ago, Paul Visscher) that the message was being held pending
approval.  As Paul quickly realized, that's a *lot* of mail each day to be
processed.  All such messages also used to send a response back to the sender
saying that their message was being held for approval because the sender was
not subscribed to the list.  I'm sure some of you have received such notices.
But most spams don't come from legitimate addresses, so when they can't be
delivered, we get yet another message.  Sheesh!  So a few months ago I turned
off that option.  Now *nobody* (not the sender, the list moderator(s), nor the
list owner) gets notified when messages are sent from an address that is not
subscribed to the list.  So, if you send a message to the list but don't see it
get posted, it's probably because you have multiple e-mail addresses and are
subscribed using one address but sent the message using a different address.
Send the message again but use the address you're subscribed with.

How do you know what address you're subscribed with?  Each month you will
receive a message from all lists you're subscribed to that we maintain.  It
will include the address you're subscribed with and the name of each of our
lists that you're subscribed to and the password for each list, which you'll
need if you want to change any of your settings or view archives of privately
archived lists.
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Dave Lundy   <http://www.dma.org/~lundyd/>