Thanks - I have added the ".qq" to the .mailtpl but have also removed the "- request" addresses at least until things quiet down. - Gary On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:40:12 -0400, Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >At 09:54 08/06/2002 Tuesday, Gary Bannister wrote: > >We run a number of lists and some moron has added several of our "<list>- > >request" addresses to one of those lists of 30 million email addresses that > >spammers sell to brain-dead companies. List owners are complaining about > >the spam now being sent to these addresses. I am inclined to route these > >addresses to the bit bucket at least for a while but I am not certain what > >good information may be lost. Does anybody know? Does anyone have a > >better solution? >End Reply > >Well the -REQUEST address is the "official" method of contacting >non-quiet list-owner(s). Also mailing that generic address generates an >auto-ack to the supposed sender, which can be problematic when KLEZ virus >spoofing is involved (which seems to be the most frequent abuse that I see). > >Thus, I've updated my listname.MAILTPL template REQACK1 to suppress auto- acks > >using the > >.QQ > >formatting command.