On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:00:33AM -0800, Brad Fuller wrote:
> > You should get bounce notifications if you are the list owner or
> > a moderator, and it is your responsibility to sort out the
> > problems from the spam. This doesn't take much time if done
> > right. I own two mailing lists, here's how I do it:
> >
> > - All mail to *-owner at lists.squeakfoundation.org goes to a
> >   squeak.listadmin folder
> > - I check this folder about once every two weeks
> > - I scan through the 4000 or so emails that piled up, seeking
> >   out valid requests. This takes about 30 mins. Usually, I don't
> >   find any
> > - I then go to the mailman moderator page and delete all queued
> >   messages, except for the valid ones I found.
> >
> 
> Right, I've always reviewed the email that is forwarded to me as admin.
> I don't _think_ I'm referring to bounce messages (to clarify: messages
> that have been returned to mailman from a member), unless the spammer
> finagles mailman to send me the msg by spoofing the sender.

I meant bounce in that "an unsubscribed person emails the list,
and mailman bounces it to you, the list owner"

> What folder are you speaking of when you say:
> "All mail to *-owner at lists.squeakfoundation.org goes to a
> squeak.listadmin folder)"

a folder named squeak.listadmin in my mail client (mutt
specifically)

-- 
Matthew Fulmer -- http://mtfulmer.wordpress.com/
Help improve Squeak Documentation: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/808