Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265377AbUAWHlr (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:41:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266538AbUAWHlr (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:41:47 -0500 Received: from willy.net1.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:59398 "EHLO willy.net1.nerim.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265377AbUAWHlp (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:41:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:41:37 +0100 From: Willy Tarreau To: Brian Beattie Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed to public posts Message-ID: <20040123074137.GM545@alpha.home.local> References: <1074717499.18964.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040121211550.GK9327@redhat.com> <20040121213027.GN23765@srv-lnx2600.matchmail.com> <1074731162.25704.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <401000C1.9010901@blue-labs.org> <20040122173002.GX21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <40100B2E.30405@blue-labs.org> <1074795626.868.22.camel@kokopelli> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1074795626.868.22.camel@kokopelli> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1203 Lines: 28 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:20:26PM -0500, Brian Beattie wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 12:41, David Ford wrote: > > No, actually you can a) reply to my -plain text- email and yes...this is > > plain text that has been trimmed, b) wait because I'm involved in this > > discussion, I go to my queue and pre-auth people involved. > > > > So it's fine for you to have filters of your choosing, but someone > > else's filter's of their choosing are obnoxious...very social. > > > > viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > > > Well it's all very fun, but I expect the spammers to figure out > challange and response soon enough. very easy : they will send the mail with a reply-to set to an open ML, then collect challenges from this ML and send their shit back to you. Imagine a reply-to set to lkml ? all subscribed people allowed to send their challenges to the list, and the spammer reading them from marc.theaimsgroup.com :-/ Cheers, Willy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/