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

Dani Zweig dani at pobox.com
Wed Nov 3 12:32:50 EDT 2010


I'd leave it alone.  There isn't that much of it, it's usually
obvious, and if some slips through then we can mock^H^H^Hhelpfully
point this out to the victim.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 11:20 AM,  <flip+ at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> ... 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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