[Debian-eeepc-devel] spam on this debian-eeepc list

[Michael]

Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:12:40 +0200
> Jelle de Jong <jelledejong at powercraft.nl> wrote: 
> > I am wondering why there is so much spam on this list. I can imagine it
> > is a highly visible server but there are other list with much more
> > traffic that don't have these amounts of spam. Could somebody enlighten
> > me about this? greylisting, spamassassin?
> 
> The list is deliberately open so that non-subscribers can post.
> Receiving more than the usual amount of spam is an unfortunate
> consequence.  Because the list address is used as the contact address
> for packages we maintain, it cannot be any other way.
> 
> The list software in use is Mailman.  I have used whatever settings
> Alioth sets as default, assuming that they are reasonable.  If you
> believe their default settings are unreasonable, open a support ticket
> with Alioth.  I'll make any adjustments we can agree would cut down on
> spam without impeding the normal functioning of the list.

Maybe you can create usual list, with members-only posting? Because spam
not only annoy people, create huge traffic but also makes searching the
archives harder.