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Re: Data Center operations mail list?


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:41:59 -0400

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 08:36:24AM +0800, Phill Twiss wrote:
      You should really have captcha's configured for your mailman lists

No.  In fact: hell no.  Captchas have zero security value and serve only
to annoy and waste the time of legitimate users.  Far less intrusive
and more effective measures suffice nicely, e.g., deploying the DROP
list in the firewall defending the Mailman instance.

---rsk


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