Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V4 #318

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm@igtc.com>]

Alan McKendree writes:
> >From: Mike Lewis <mlewis@connectnet.com>
> >Subject: Re: Is Your Web Site A Secret?
> >
> >>     Is your web site the best kept secret on the Internet?
> ><snip>
> >
> >Why are we receiving unsolicited advertisements on this mailing list?
> 
> I'd guess because they went to the trouble to subscribe, following which
> they can post anything they want.  AFAIK you can't post to this list unless
> you're a subscriber.  However, I have seen cases where the spammer
> apparently can cause a message to be sent to all the accounts on a given
> mailserver, which could include mailing-list accounts, depending on the
> setup.
> 
> 

The software catches most spam, regardless of subscribe status.  On average,
there are several attempts each week to spam the list that the filters
successfully catch.  This one made it through.  

I'll be making more refinements over time to further improve the filter.


-> Paul <-