Re: Dan Bernstein's issues about namedroppers list operation

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>]

In message <01KR2D1FF456002DEU@mauve.mrochek.com>, ned.freed@mrochek.com writes
:
>> At Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:41:17 -0800 (PST), Ned Freed wrote:
>> >
>> > It would be good for any use of spamassassin that discards messages outrig
>ht
>> > to employ a substantial whitelist, perhaps including the addresses of ever
>y
>> > list member.
>
>> Unfortunately, due to the spammers (well, the virus posters, anyway)
>> having gotten wise to member only posting restrictions, this doesn't
>> quite work either.
>
>I keep hearing anecdotal claims that the spammers are doing this, but I've
>never actually encountered one myself or seen a documented case.
>

I have -- I've received spam on subscriber-only lists.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
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