David Wheeler wrote: > I would like to see that LSM postings permitted only by subscribers. > We're getting WAY too many spam messages, and I > think it will get worse. Subscribing is a simple process - it's > a small price to pay for posting. Besides, many other lists require > subscription before posting, so this won't be an unusual requirement. > That, plus other filters, should keep things to a dull roar. LSM is currently under massive attack by Sobig.F. Last week we adjusted our spam filters to specifically look for Sobig & friends, and now we're having to hand-moderate hundreds of virus posts and virus-spawned bounces. If we went to manual moderation for non-subscriber posts, there would be a significant risk of the humans in the loop mis-classifying legitimate posts as junk and rejecting them. I'm really sorry that the spam filters are not so good lately. But this is not a local LSM problem; it is global. Spam filters are fundamentally a kludge, and the spammers are figuring out how to game them. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ Chief Scientist, Immunix http://immunix.com http://www.immunix.com/shop/ _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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