[SFS] Who wants to help me put spam-resistant trousers on lists.sofree.us?

[David L. Willson]

How about 10AM tomorrow on Jitsi? https://meet.jit.si/sfs-anti-spam 


From: "Jon Buttjer" <jontheisguy at gmail.com> 
To: "David L Willson" <dlwillson at sofree.us> 
Cc: "sfs" <sfs at lists.sofree.us> 
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 9:31:39 AM 
Subject: Re: [SFS] Who wants to help me put spam-resistant trousers on lists.sofree.us? 

David, 
I'd enjoy this very much. Let me know when... and we'll get it done. 

Thanks. 
Jon 

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 9:23 AM David L. Willson < [ mailto:dlwillson at sofree.us | dlwillson at sofree.us ] > wrote: 



Several weeks or a few months ago, the bad guys found the very public list of lists on [ http://lists.sofree.us/ | lists.sofree.us ] . They then started casually spamming the crap out of those lists. It didn't work, since the lists only accept posts from subscribers, but it did create a lot of noise for list admins. I dropped most of the other admins, so that only Heather and I would have to put up with the noise and manage the moderation queues, but... It's gotten *crazy*. The bad guys have shared their lists with other bad guys, and the spam-showers have increased from one or two brief showers per week, to one or two per *day*, and admin notices are flooding my inbox so hard that I have to hunt through my inbox for the ham. So... I need to put up a little defense. 

If implementing RBLs on an MTA seems like a fun way to spend a Saturday, LMK. I'd be happy to have a friendly co-worker. 

RBL - Real-time Block (or Blackhole) List 
MTA - Mail Transfer Agent (an SMTP server) 
LMK - Let Me Know 

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