On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 11:20:38 -0500 David <dgboles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/7/2010 12:09 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On 10/7/10 11:19 AM, David wrote: > >> But remember that not all blank Subject: emails are spam. Sometimes a > >> Newbie posts like that and it is a legitimate question or problem. As > >> well as the replies. > > The list admins will probably hate this, but it could be more effective > > for the Mailman s/w to return such mail to sender with the comment that > > all mail to the list must have a non-empty Subject line. That could > > actually help the newbies and in general the spammers won't bother replying. > > > Good idea. If that is possible (I don't doubt you) I wonder why no one > thought of it before now? I like that solution much more than just 'kill > file' or ignoring the post. :-) Excellent idea. I try drilling into students that it is a security risk to send e-mail without subject. Ranjan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
