"Mark" == Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> writes:
Mark> On 1/5/26 12:25, Peter Chubb via Mailman-users wrote:
I think they must have been posting via hyperkitty. The first received: line is localhost then the mailman server. Is there a way to turn that ability off?
Mark> If the posting is from Hyperkitty, there should be a
Mark> User-Agent: HyperKitty on <list URL>
There is.
Mark> Are the spammer's list members? If so, you need to remove them
Mark> and then set Default action to take when a member posts to the Mark> list to Hold for moderation. That way, when a new member
Mark> posts for the first time, the message will be held and if it's
Mark> spam, you can discard it and set the member's moderation action
Mark> to discard. and if it's not spam you can accept the message and
Mark> set the member's moderation action to default processing.
I've done all this now; I've also required moderation to join the (unadvertised) lists. We had the 'moderate until first good message' policy on all advertised lists; but were expecting that unadvertised lists could not be found to be subscribed and posted to. This is not the case.
Peter C