I have a list that is dormant at the moment.  It is set up to have all
messages come
to me as moderator for approval.

All the spam from Korea etc. is sent to -request for "approval."  I tried
filtering all messages from .KR and Listserv sent me a message I couldn't do
that.  But I didn't change it immediately, and Listserv treated these
messages as unauthorized posts and sent the senders messages which promptly
bounced and then I got error messages.  Fortunately for me, it is an
inactive list so when I get a message to -REQUEST for approval, I just
delete it.  Not possible on active lists, of course.

Barbara Passmore


----- Original Message -----
From: "H. Stephen Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: [LSTOWN-L] Spam to "-request" address


> Hello,
>
> I am being inundated with spam sent to the "-request" address for my list,
> FILMUS-L.  Presently I'm getting about 5-10 spam messages a day this way.
> I have tried using the filters in my e-mail client (Novell GroupWise
6.0.1)
> but this is like shoveling sand against the waves.
>
> Does anyone have any creative suggestions on how I can deal with this?  I
> could, of course, set my e-mail program to nuke anything addressed to
> filmus-l-request and just let people figure out how to contact me
> directly.  However, this seems counterproductive, since the whole point of
> a "-request" address is that anyone needing list help can reach me that
way.
>
> H. Stephen Wright
> [log in to unmask]