Nasty spam challenges

[Paul Howarth]

Chris Wright wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Andy Pieters
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 2:12 PM
>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>Subject: Nasty spam challenges
>>
>>Hi list
>>
>>I was wondering since there is still someone from aol.br who 
>>wants us to reply to a challenge response kinda thing to rule 
>>out spam.
>>
>>I absolutally refuse to participate on this kind of stuff 
>>since they signed up to a mailing list, they shouldn't bother 
>>everyone on the list with these kind of things.
>>
>>Could we maybe like mass mail to that address telling him to 
>>stop doing that?
>>
>>Or has anyone got another idea, instead of *us* having to 
>>adapt to him?  Seems a bit over the top to me that we should 
>>create a filter because he is anoying.
>>
>>Maybe just kick him of the list altogheter?

That would already have happened if the admins actually knew the address 
that the offender subscribed with (which is not a oul.com.br address).

> I don't get to see any of these mails that you lot all talk about.
> Why is it that some of us on the list get them, and some don't.  I can't see
> why it would be selective, and I don't hae any filtering stopping them
> getting to me either.

Perhaps you visited the "challenge" URL some time ago and hence no 
longer get challenged since you are on the offender's whitelist now.

Paul.