[ubuntu-us] mailing list spam filtering

[Jim MacDonald]

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Christer,

I was unable to add ^ *.spam.la to the ban list for  ubuntu.us.ak.

any help would be appreciated.

Jim

Christer Edwards wrote:
> In moderating the many ubuntu-us related mailing lists this morning I
> noticed an address that appears to have subscribed to every ubuntu
> mailing list known to man.  This address is "terdlink at spam.la".  If you
> visit spam.la you can publicly read all correspondence with this
> address.
>
> In any case, it appears to me that this is not a valid address that we
> want on our lists so I wanted to outline some quick instructions on how
> other list admins can remove and filter this address on their lists.  I
> have already taken care of this for each of the lists I moderate (-us,
> -ut, -wv, -nc, -nv, -ri, ,-mn, -hardened).
>
> If you moderate any other lists you can filter this by logging into your
> admin interface at:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/admindb/ubuntu-us-*
>
> visit the "membership management" section, search for the above address
> and "unsubscribe".
>
> after that visit "privacy options" and add "^ *@spam.la" to ban list.
>
> Hopefully we can get at least our lists filtered before any spam gets
> through.
>
> Christer
>
>
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