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Lately we've been seeing a LOT of spam being sent to the mailing list |
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subscribe mechanism, with the side effect that the subscribe mechanism |
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responds to the From header address with a confirmation request. That |
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address (along with the envelope sender) are unfortunately forged. |
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The volume of the confirmation requests is getting worse than direct |
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spams, because the spam filtering considers the confirmation requests to |
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be valid email (they would be, except for the fact they are |
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unsolicited). |
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To combat this problem, I'd like us to consider switching the subscribe |
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mechanism for the mailing lists to be a web form (protected with |
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recaptcha). Unsubscribe will continue to be offered as an email action |
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for the moment, because it ignores the mail if the address was not |
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subscribed. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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