Thread: Can we filter out BCCs?
All, Just got a piece of spam to a PostgreSQL list which was to "undisclosed-recipients". Seems like Majordomo ought to be able to filter out BCCs for all public lists. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
On 25 May 2011 21:38, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
Thom
All,
Just got a piece of spam to a PostgreSQL list which was to
"undisclosed-recipients". Seems like Majordomo ought to be able to
filter out BCCs for all public lists.
Yes, I've seen these come through a couple times on the Testers list. Not sure how they're getting through anyway. Don't they have to be registered? Otherwise I'd expect them to require moderation.
Thom
`Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > Just got a piece of spam to a PostgreSQL list which was to > "undisclosed-recipients". Seems like Majordomo ought to be able > to filter out BCCs for all public lists. The best way I've seen to "move" a thread from one list to a more appropriate one is to include the new list in "to" or "cc" and put the old list in 'bcc". If we could leave that without causing other problems, that would be nice. It's always possible to just post two messages, though. -Kevin
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> wrote: > `Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > >> Just got a piece of spam to a PostgreSQL list which was to >> "undisclosed-recipients". Seems like Majordomo ought to be able >> to filter out BCCs for all public lists. > > The best way I've seen to "move" a thread from one list to a more > appropriate one is to include the new list in "to" or "cc" and put > the old list in 'bcc". If we could leave that without causing other > problems, that would be nice. It's always possible to just post two > messages, though. This is the exact use-case I was going to post about. Please do not filter out all BCCs. -selena -- http://chesnok.com
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Selena Deckelmann <selena@chesnok.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Kevin Grittner > <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> wrote: >> `Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> >>> Just got a piece of spam to a PostgreSQL list which was to >>> "undisclosed-recipients". Seems like Majordomo ought to be able >>> to filter out BCCs for all public lists. >> >> The best way I've seen to "move" a thread from one list to a more >> appropriate one is to include the new list in "to" or "cc" and put >> the old list in 'bcc". If we could leave that without causing other >> problems, that would be nice. It's always possible to just post two >> messages, though. > > This is the exact use-case I was going to post about. > > Please do not filter out all BCCs. Agreed. The sender should still need to be registered though, so we can always remove them if they're abusing the list. Not much we can do if a spammer has picked up their address of course, except perhaps ask them to send from an alternate address. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
On 5/25/11 5:11 PM, Dave Page wrote: > Agreed. The sender should still need to be registered though, so we > can always remove them if they're abusing the list. Not much we can do > if a spammer has picked up their address of course, except perhaps ask > them to send from an alternate address. The sender was registered. It seems like we could pick up the case where there is no TO line, though, just a BCC. Nobody legitimately does that. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com
Josh Berkus wrote: > On 5/25/11 5:11 PM, Dave Page wrote: >> Agreed. The sender should still need to be registered though, so >> we can always remove them if they're abusing the list. Not much we >> can do if a spammer has picked up their address of course, except >> perhaps ask them to send from an alternate address. > > The sender was registered. > > It seems like we could pick up the case where there is no TO line, > though, just a BCC. Nobody legitimately does that. +1 I can't think of any good reason to BCC a list without a TO or CC to another list. -Kevin
On 26.05.2011 02:11, Dave Page wrote: > Agreed. The sender should still need to be registered though I can confirm that it is working that way. It just happened a few days ago - that I made a mistake and took the wrong email address as sender. The email got blocked perfectly. Susanne -- Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services www.2ndQuadrant.com