[gnome.org #14086] spam subscription requests

["Frederic Peters via RT" <mailman gnome org>]

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Thu Jan 09 08:20:26 2014: Request 14086 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by fpeters gnome org
       Queue: Mailman
     Subject: spam subscription requests
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: fpeters gnome org
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.gnome.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14086 >

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Heya,

Recently the release team mailing list sees a lot of fake subscription
requests done; for example, this night: (brace yourself)

    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 00:09:57 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 00:14:19 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 00:22:38 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 00:25:17 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 00:29:37 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 00:38:23 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 00:41:07 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 00:45:26 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 00:53:44 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 00:56:18 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 01:00:28 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 01:08:58 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 01:11:41 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 01:16:02 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 01:24:43 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 01:27:26 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 01:31:46 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 01:40:30 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 01:43:21 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 01:47:49 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 01:56:26 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 01:59:15 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 02:03:34 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 02:12:05 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 02:14:47 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 02:18:59 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 02:27:25 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 02:30:10 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 02:34:28 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 02:45:52 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 02:50:17 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 02:58:47 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 03:01:37 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 03:05:59 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 03:14:44 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 03:17:35 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 03:22:11 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 03:30:57 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 03:33:43 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 03:38:15 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 03:47:00 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 03:49:47 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 03:54:19 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 04:05:38 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 04:10:33 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 04:19:01 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 04:21:32 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 04:25:49 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 04:41:16 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 04:49:39 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 04:52:24 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 04:56:47 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 05:05:21 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 05:08:13 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 05:12:32 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 05:21:12 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 05:23:55 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 05:28:37 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 05:37:01 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 05:39:48 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 05:44:13 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 05:52:55 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 05:55:42 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 06:00:07 2014
    paul ventus-green-energy co uk Thu Jan  9 06:08:30 2014
    glb1g08 soton ac uk Thu Jan  9 06:11:16 2014
    john smith17 sky com Thu Jan  9 06:15:36 2014

Another night would have another set of email addresses.

Would it be possible to automatically discard subscription requests
from emails that are already in the queue?


thanks!

        Fred