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Date:      Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:55:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
To:        Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>
Cc:        jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.970907215400.10438A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199709080031.RAA00445@kithrup.com>

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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Sean Eric Fagan wrote:

> In article <199709072335.QAA17881.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@hub.freebsd.org> you write:
> >	please remember to distinguish between "mail from:" addresses
> >	and relays.  there is *not* reasone that i know of that a
> >	"mail from:" address must be resolvable.
> 
> Uh, if we can't reply to them, what are we doing allowing them to ask
> questions?

Anticipating that they have set the reply-to field.

(Which of course leads to question #2; if they're smart enough to
set the reply-to field, aren't they smart enough to use a correct
mail from?)


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tIM...HOEk




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