> --- Leonardo Carneiro - Veltrac [Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:54:38AM -0300]: ---
>
>> Hi list.
>>
>> Why do we get spam on this list? Does it allow to unsubscribed users to
>> email us or the spam is comming from subscribers?
>> This is ***not*** a flame war start about spam. I'm just curious.
>>
>
> from
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http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html
>
> The OpenBSD mailing lists use spamd(8) in greylisting mode as well as
> SpamAssassin to keep down the spam volume but things do sneak
> through--deal with it. In addition, the list server also has regex-based
> rules to reject based on some common spam and virus telltales. If you
> get spam through one of the OpenBSD mailing lists, you don't need to
> send a copy to the list owner--chances are he's already seen it. Also,
> please do not submit spam received through the mailing lists to spamcop
> as this will result in the list server being added to their RBL.
> Complaining about and commenting upon spam on the list proper is
> counter-productive as it generates more traffic than the spam itself.
>
> Note that if you are sending mail from a dynamic IP address you will
> probably not be able to post to the mailing lists. In this case you
> should use a smart host sendmail configuration that utilizes your ISP's
> mail server. See the comments in /usr/share/sendmail/cf/openbsd-proto.mc
> for how to do this.
