Re: List Issues

Chris Samuel <chris@csamuel.org> wrote:

Most lists I am on these days only allow subscribers to post to them, the notable exception being the kernel.org lists, but they're a bit of a special case. Coincidentally they're the only lists I'm on which attempt to deliver spam to me.

I've occasionally encountered spam on a Debian list to which I subscribe, but I suspect it allows posts from non-subscribers too. I've only seen a few instances of actual subscriber addresses being harvested by spammers and then used (with forge headers) to post spam to the mailing lists.