[SCA-AE] ADMIN: Help me decide what to do about...

flip+ at andrew.cmu.edu flip+ at andrew.cmu.edu
Wed Nov 3 11:20:47 EDT 2010


... the small amount of spam slipping through

So there is a problem here.
When a valid member has email that is compromised and posts a small
message to the list, there is no reasonable way of catching it as things
stand.

On other lists I've managed, i've set up a "first post" rule that looks
for the list tag ([SCA-AE] in this list) in the subject line. If the
message does not have that in it, that first message is moderated.
All subsequent posts will have [SCA-AE] in the subject line and will
fall back to the old rules for moderation (must be a member, must be
plain text, etc).  If the original postor of the thread puts [SCA-AE] in
by hand, then the post will go through, assuming it meets other
criteria.

What do folks think?

Should I implement that measure?

Should I just let the small amount of spam through, and trust folks to
recognize it as such?

other thoughts or suggestions?

-- 
Filip
  When you see beyond yourself 
  then you may find, peace of mind 
  is waiting there.    --George Harrison 


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