Can anyone out there tell me if there is a way of NOT having replies (and yes, the spam as well) that are sent to Mailman's "do not reply" mail sent to me as List Admin, and simply discarded? I am not referring to the garbage sent to the list by non-subscribers, I already have that set to be discarded, but I am referring to the stuff sent to Mailman's address noted above. A solid 95% or more of it is nothing more than a spammer who harvested the unusable address, and currently I have to figure out what it is and then delete it as it comes in one message at a time. Most commonly, it will have a subject line of "Uncaught Bounce Notification." My memory is not what it used to be any more, but it seems to me that deep in the bowels of our tools pages there was some rather obscure option to set that would automatically delete ALL such mail, such as the similar one that currently discards spam and other in our list moderation filters. I may be wrong, but I have searched and searched my tools pages for an option that would simply discard this stuff sent to Mailman as well, but now I cannot find such a thing. If anyone out there can either tell me where to find it, or else tell me with certainty there is no such an option to find, he/she will keep me from "chasing my tail" looking for it any longer. I thank you in advance. David E. Cann davidecann@gmail.com or on Skype at "david.e.cann"

That option appears to have been generated Out of the Mailman system used by Rootsweb. That option is included in the normally distributed version of Mailman under the Bounce Processing tab. At 07:25 PM 11/10/12, David E. Cann wrote: >Can anyone out there tell me if there is a way of NOT having replies (and >yes, the spam as well) that are sent to Mailman's "do not reply" mail sent >to me as List Admin, and simply discarded? I am not referring to the >garbage sent to the list by non-subscribers, I already have that set to be >discarded, but I am referring to the stuff sent to Mailman's address noted >above. A solid 95% or more of it is nothing more than a spammer who >harvested the unusable address, and currently I have to figure out what it >is and then delete it as it comes in one message at a time. Most commonly, >it will have a subject line of "Uncaught Bounce Notification." > >My memory is not what it used to be any more, but it seems to me that deep >in the bowels of our tools pages there was some rather obscure option to set >that would automatically delete ALL such mail, such as the similar one that >currently discards spam and other in our list moderation filters. I may be >wrong, but I have searched and searched my tools pages for an option that >would simply discard this stuff sent to Mailman as well, but now I cannot >find such a thing. If anyone out there can either tell me where to find it, >or else tell me with certainty there is no such an option to find, he/she >will keep me from "chasing my tail" looking for it any longer. I thank you >in advance. > > >David E. Cann >davidecann@gmail.com >or on Skype at "david.e.cann" ---------- Allen Dew

Allen, Thanks for the reply. Deep down I expected the answer you gave me, but I was hoping I was wrong. I've been a list admin for quite a few years now and am not aware of any way of shutting off what is yet another avenue for spam, but it is worth asking. I am so sick of the spam though, but it looks as if there is no means available of cutting this one pipeline off. Thank you again. David -----Original Message----- From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Allen Dew Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 7:39 PM To: Listowners List Posting Subject: Re: [LO] Discarding "Uncaught Bounce Notification" notices, etc. That option appears to have been generated Out of the Mailman system used by Rootsweb. That option is included in the normally distributed version of Mailman under the Bounce Processing tab. At 07:25 PM 11/10/12, David E. Cann wrote: >Can anyone out there tell me if there is a way of NOT having replies (and >yes, the spam as well) that are sent to Mailman's "do not reply" mail sent >to me as List Admin, and simply discarded? I am not referring to the >garbage sent to the list by non-subscribers, I already have that set to be >discarded, but I am referring to the stuff sent to Mailman's address noted >above. A solid 95% or more of it is nothing more than a spammer who >harvested the unusable address, and currently I have to figure out what it >is and then delete it as it comes in one message at a time. Most commonly, >it will have a subject line of "Uncaught Bounce Notification." > >My memory is not what it used to be any more, but it seems to me that deep >in the bowels of our tools pages there was some rather obscure option to set >that would automatically delete ALL such mail, such as the similar one that >currently discards spam and other in our list moderation filters. I may be >wrong, but I have searched and searched my tools pages for an option that >would simply discard this stuff sent to Mailman as well, but now I cannot >find such a thing. If anyone out there can either tell me where to find it, >or else tell me with certainty there is no such an option to find, he/she >will keep me from "chasing my tail" looking for it any longer. I thank you >in advance. > > >David E. Cann >davidecann@gmail.com >or on Skype at "david.e.cann" ---------- Allen Dew