Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:35 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: List Spam Filtering Message-ID: <20130517091535.03fd7442@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20130517140301.38d772cc@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <201305110134.r4B1Yl8q089784@fire.js.berklix.net> <5195582D.10404@cran.org.uk> <20130517064233.7d34e4cf@scorpio> <51961A75.6060605@cran.org.uk> <20130517131932.03450167@gumby.homeunix.com> <20130517084529.57f67259@scorpio> <20130517140301.38d772cc@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Fri, 17 May 2013 14:03:01 +0100 RW articulated: > On Fri, 17 May 2013 08:45:29 -0400 > Jerry wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:32 +0100 > > RW articulated: > > > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:29 +0100 > > > Bruce Cran wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, seriously. Have you seen the number of people who post > > > > messages "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!", apparently > > > > not understanding how to manage their subscription? > > > > > > There's also the likelyhood that reluctant subscribers are less > > > likely to take care about avoiding various types of backscatter. > > > > Well, unless the reluctant subscriber is running an incorrectly > > configured MTA, I don't see a problem with "backscatter". Now, if > > they do have a maladjusted MTA, they have more problems then just > > subscribing to a list. > > Out of Office replies, sieve rejects, anti-spam challenges etc Yes, an incorrectly configured MTA or one of its milters. There are ways to deal with these assholes. Allowing a blanket "open-door" policy is like setting file permissions on everything to 0777 just because you are to lazy to find a correct solution to a problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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