# SPAM on rails-list **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624 "2006-04-12T15:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/1 "2006-04-12T15:58:10Z")
This is a high traffic list as it is and it is really annoying to see that SPAM is on the rise here. I wonder how they can spam the list since each user has to be authenticated. Do spammers go through the trouble of subscribing to the list? In any case, this msg is to the list admin…could you please do whatever it takes to filter this stuff out? Thank you very much. -bakki ---
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/2 "2006-04-12T16:10:33Z")
On 12 Apr 2006, at 15:57, Bakki K. wrote: > This is a high traffic list as it is and it is really annoying to see > that SPAM is on the rise here. > > I wonder how they can spam the list since each user has to be > authenticated. Do spammers go through the trouble of subscribing to > the list? In any case, this msg is to the list admin…could you > please do whatever it takes to filter this stuff out? Subscribing to a list that uses mailman can be quite easily automated actually. But indeed, a lot of spam and fishing mails are getting posted on the list these days. Best regards Peter De Berdt ---
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/3 "2006-04-12T16:16:38Z")
Is there some way to make mailman use captcha to filter the bots? Perhaps only allow web based confirmation with captcha. -bakki ---
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/4 "2006-04-12T16:22:51Z")
Bakki K. wrote: > Is there some way to make mailman use captcha to filter the bots? > Perhaps only allow web based confirmation with captcha. > The problem isn’t that spammers are registering, it’s that the list > allows posts from unregistered addresses. At least, that used to be the > case. I assume it hasn’t changed. ---
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/5 "2006-04-12T17:18:16Z")
On Wednesday 12 Apr 2006 15:20, Alex Y. wrote: > The problem isn’t that spammers are registering, it’s that the list > allows posts from unregistered addresses. At least, that used to be the > case. I assume it hasn’t changed. That used to be the case, and it’s also pretty easy to test. If this email gets through, the list is still accepting posts from unregistered addresses (I just made up the email address I’m sending this from). The spam annoys me too, but it seems that just ignoring it is probably the best approach, as it’s been mentioned before and nothing appears to have been done about it. This list is such high volume anyway that the overall signal/noise ratio of the list isn’t really affected too much. Take deep breaths and try to ignore it! 😉 Cheers, ~Dave – Dave S. Rent-A-Monkey Website Development > **[Tree Removal Service For Home & Businesses in Salt Lake City, UT](https://www.rentamonkey.com/)** > > Rent A Monkey Tree Service provides the safest, highest-quality tree removal for Salt Lake City, UT homes and businesses. Request a service today! PGP Key: [http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc](http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc) ---
**Author:** ![bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bakki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bakki)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spam-on-rails-list/57624/6 "2006-04-12T17:27:30Z")
On 4/12/06, Dave S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > signal/noise ratio of the list isn’t really affected too much. > > Take deep breaths and try to ignore it! 😉 “Waiting to Exhale” 🙂 -bakki