linux-kernel - Re: A spammer, wanting to poison our bayes seems to have found a hole at vger.kernel.org

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Date:	Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:41:52 +0200
From:	Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: A spammer, wanting to poison our bayes seems to have found a
 hole at vger.kernel.org

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:13:19PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greeting;
> 
> I just noticed that I have a poison bayes spam in my inbox cuz kmails filters 
> haven't a clue what to do with a message addressed like this:
> 
> to:linux-kernel-outgoing@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Is this a leak in the mailing list server, or a total forgery?

It was real, and bypassed Majordomo processing entirely.
Now I have added some extra "secret sauce" on all outgoing aliases.

> -- 
> Cheers, Gene

/Matti
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