Date   : Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:10:57
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: [OT] Spam Coming through mailing list

James Lampard <james_lampard@...> wrote:
> I'm reguarly recieveing spam addressed to
> 'bbc-micro-outgoing@...'. I presume this has
> been harvested by some spammer, and also using this
> address overrides the requirement to have [BBC-Micro]
> in the Subject.
>
> Is there anything that can be done at the server end?

Only if it's coming from the server. I have *never* had any spam
from the mailing list and the raw data that the archives are
generated from have no spam in them.

You are likely to be receiving spam *claiming* to be coming from
the mailing list, which can only be stopped by going to the source
with a large lead pipe.

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