Other Lists Seem to be SPAM Magnets

[Alan Jackson]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:28:56 -0500
Douglas J Hunley <doug at hunley.homeip.net> wrote:

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> James McDonald wrote:
> > How is it that the linux-users list either doesn't attract this sort of
> > Trash or how do the linux-users list admins stop the detritous from coming
> > through?
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> we do a SHITLOAD of filtering at the MTA level
> We run:
> sendmail+mimedefang+spamassassin+razor+file::scan+clamav
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And we thank you for your efforts!

The short answer for those other lists is that they are lazy. You either
run an open list and filter the c... out of it, you run a closed list, or
you get hammered by the pspamopaths.

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