Re: Can you block gmail.com or so!!!

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No please :-( ! I'm a Ceph user with a gmail account.

On Thursday, August 6, 2020, David Galloway <dgallowa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, interesting.  You appear to be correct.  I'm running each of the
> mailing lists' services in their own containers so the private IP makes
> sense.
>
> I just commented on a FR for Hyperkitty to disable posting via Web UI:
> https://gitlab.com/mailman/hyperkitty/-/issues/264
>
> Aside from that, I can confirm my new SPF filter has already blocked one
> spam e-mail from getting through so that's good.
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> On 8/6/20 2:34 PM, Tony Lill wrote:
>> I looked at the received-from headers, and it looks to me like these
>> messages are being fed into the list from the web interface. The first
>> received from is from mailman web and a private IP.
>>
>> On 8/6/20 2:09 PM, David Galloway wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As previously mentioned, blocking the gmail domain isn't a feasible
>>> solution since the vast majority of @gmail.com subscribers (about 500 in
>>> total) are likely legitimate Ceph users.
>>>
>>> A mailing list member recommended some additional SPF checking a couple
>>> weeks ago which I just implemented today.  I think what's actually
>>> happening is a bot will subscribe using a gmail address and then
>>> "clicks" the confirmation link.  They then spam from a different domain
>>> pretending to be coming from gmail.com but it's not.  The new config I
>>> put in place should block that.
>>>
>>> Hopefully this should cut down on the spam.  I took over the Ceph
>>> mailing lists last year and it's been a never-ending cat and mouse game
>>> of spam filters/services, configuration changes, etc.  I'm still
>>> learning how to be a mail admin so your patience and understanding is
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>
>>
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