Re: Majordomo and spoofers

[Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au>]

On 16:37 30 Oct 2003, Tom Klem <thewiz lvcablemodem com> wrote:
| Is there any way to secure a list in Majordomo to prevent address spoofing?
| I have some private majordomo lists that the MickySoft crazies are
| attempting to use real mailboxes at my web site to spoof. The only thing
| stopping them so far is my size limit.

Well, I tend to do three things:

	subscriber-only posting
	  this prevents random spammers submitting stuff unless they
	  pretend to be one of the users on your list

	restrict the list membership listing command to the list admin

	require new subscribers to confirm subscription - that way a
	  valid and monitored mailbox is needed for someone to join,
	  which prevents most robotic subscription processes

But that's about all.
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