Re: [gnome.org #14086] spam subscription requests

[Frederic Peters <fpeters gnome org>]

> After a first look at the configuration of the release-team mailing list it seems 'subscription_policy' is 
> set to be 'Approval' which means you will be triggered by any fraudolent subscription request the list will 
> receive. Given the bots won't be able to verify their confirmation email moving the subscription_policy to 
> 'Confirm and Approve' will fix the problem for the list. I did the change myself now, hopefully Mailman 3 
> will bring some more tools to prevent these kind of issues.

Thank you Andrea, I didn't know such an option existed.


        Fred