Richard Coleman <coleman(_at_)math(_dot_)gatech(_dot_)edu> writes:
http://freakazoid.simplenet.com
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Seriously, Richard, can you please stop these mails!!
Currently, I don't have the means to do this correctly. I can make
the list so that only subscribers can post, but that makes the list
worthless as a means for people to submit bug reports (no one will
subscribe just to submit a bug report).
I hate these spam bastards as much as anyone, but I'm not sure of a
good way to deal with it.
I can think of lots of ways.
1. Did the guy use the same email address each time? If so, just block that
address.
2. If not, he did use the "Freakazoid" handle each time, right? Considering
this same guy has SPAMmed us three times already, and is the only one who
ever has (to my memory), why not block mail from anyone named
"Freakazoid"? If you're really worried about blocking a legitimate nmh
user named "Freakazoid", you could bounce the mail with a message
explaining why their post was being rejected.
3. For a more general anti-SPAM solution (this freakazoid guy probably got
the mailing list address off of the web or Usenet, eh? thus others may
start SPAMming us as well):
a) Accept mail to the list from any account registered as a member.
b) If anyone mails the list that isn't a registered user, bounce their
mail with an explanation saying that non-registered users must put a
special keyword in their Subject lines (nmh?) as a SPAM-blocking
measure. In this bounce message, put the keyword in the subject line,
keep the explanation message short, and include the text of their
message in the mail. This way, they can just forward the bounce
message back to the list and it'll go through.
I use this scheme to SPAM-filter one of my Usenet-tainted email addresses
and it works like a charm. It's made up of a .maildelivery file and a
couple of shell scripts, which can be found at:
http://www.unitech.com/dan/software/
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