Hi all,
Someone sent a spam message to the list owner (me) of one of my lists. Then I got booted from the list.
The scenario in more detail: The list server forwards the message to me, as I’m the list owner. This message is sent from <list>- <mailto:artists-bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org>bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org <mailto:bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org> to hansen@rc.org <mailto:hansen@rc.org>. My service provider’s spam filter rejects the spam (correctly) in a message and informs the list server. The list server sends a message to <list>- <mailto:artists-bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org>bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org <mailto:bounces+hansen=rc.org@list.rc.org> (the fake sender) saying that the message to hansen@rc.org <mailto:hansen@rc.org> (the recipient) could not be delivered because it was spam. The list server also blames hansen@rc.org <mailto:hansen@rc.org> (me) for the bounce and increments my bounce score, which, to me, is unfair.
So I wonder: Is the Mailman host at list.rc.org <http://list.rc.org/> at fault for not catching the spam before it reaches the list server? (One could argue that) Is my rc.org <http://rc.org/> service provider at fault for sending the bounce message to the server instead of the to the original sender? Is Mailman at fault for thinking that the bounce message was caused by a list message FROM me, instead of a bounced message TO the list owner?
Yours,
Allan