The problem with this, which we used several years ago, is that it opens you up to "bounce back" spam when the listserv sends a reject. A high volume of bounce backs gets you flagged as a spammer by many ISPs. That's the same issue as the non-member solution (which otherwise sounds elegant). At the peak we were rejecting 500 messages an hour. That's why we started blocking at the postfix level. Larry -- Larry Finch Sent by iPhone > On Mar 6, 2015, at 1:23 PM, Greg Dietrich <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A number of our more active Announce Only lists (Send=Editor, Hold, Confirm, All) have been getting hammered since mid-January. > > I think our solution is going to be a wholesale change from Editor to Owner (,Confirm) for all of our lists. We’ve already unplugged most of the feedback LISTSERV gives to unauthorized users but the spammers have a long memory it seems. > > > > Greg Dietrich > > SCO ListServ Administrator > > Office of the State Controller > > (gdietrich) at [sco.ca.gov] > > > > > > From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nathan Brindle > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 10:15 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: requests to post sent to Editor > > If your real concern is non-members, and you would prefer not to moderate members’ posts at all, you should probably just use > > Send= Private > > Then non-member’s posts are simply rejected out of hand. > > Nathan > > From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of F J Kelley > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 1:04 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: requests to post sent to Editor > > Thanks Nathan! > > If my real concern were just non-members would > > Send= Editor,Hold,Confirm,Non-Member > Send= (listname) > > Would this allow members to post, but block non-members unless approved? > > > > > From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Nathan Brindle <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:31 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: requests to post sent to Editor > > Add “,Non-Member” to the Editor= setting. E.g., > > Send= Editor,Hold,Confirm,Non-Member > > Makes unsubscribed senders confirm their own messages before they are forwarded to the editor. Note that you MUST also specify “,Confirm” with “,Non-Member” if it is not already specified. That requires Editors to confirm their own postings as well, which is a feature every moderated list should utilize (IMHO). > > http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/16.0/listkeyw.html#kSend > > Nathan > > From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Finch > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 12:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: requests to post sent to Editor > > We implemented spam filters in postfix, which we could do because we control the Linux server in addition to listserv. > > Best regards > Larry > Hmssurprise.org > > -- > Larry Finch > Reach Me: +1.609.379.2756 > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 6, 2015, at 11:30 AM, F J Kelley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > We have seen a huge surge in spam directed to lists that are configured as > Send= Editor ... > > The editors can reject it, but it is becoming a flood. How are others dealing with this? > --Joe > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 > > To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1 ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTSRV-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTSRV-L&A=1