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On: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:52:19AM -0500,Steve Howie Wrote:

} One of our list owners reported a spam message managed to get posted to one
} of his lists, where the sender is not a member of the list.
}
} The posting (obviously forged) came from listname@listserv-hostname  in
} other words, the posting address for the list.
}
} This "username" is not a subscriber to the list. Is it possible for such a
} posting to bypass the Send= settings for the list? It's currently set to
} Subscription= By_Owner and  Send= Service, where Service=
} our-local-email-domain
}
} Any ideas?

Not really, but I would suggest that you add
"listname@listserv-hostname" or perhaps "*@listserv-hostname" to your
filter list.

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Rich Greenberg  N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com  + 1 239 543 1353
Eastern time.  N6LRT  I speak for myself & my dogs only.    VM'er since CP-67
Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians  Owner:Chinook-L
Retired at the beach                                     Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

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