From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 21 5:16:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8610037B41D for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpout.mac.com; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109211215.FAA16147@smtpout.mac.com> Received: from asmtp01.mac.com ([10.13.10.65]) by smtp-relay02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 relay02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GK0I1500.IPH for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:15:05 -0700 Received: from localhost ([66.156.163.110]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp01 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GK0I1500.6CM for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:15:05 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:15:00 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1658980397-1 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.388) From: David Leimbach To: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v388) In-Reply-To: <000101c14256$1a6a9da0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Subject: Re: Testing new email account Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --Apple-Mail-1658980397-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii > The last time someone directly involved in the mailing list server > responded > to > one of these questions, I believe they said that the filtering is > dropping > about 1 spam message every 3 minutes on average. > Wow! That's a lot. Too bad some of them were probably from me trying to write to the list and not exactly understanding why I couldn't. Just because you are dropping lots of messages doesn't always mean you are dropping the right ones. Hell, I could make a list that drops all messages and then say I never get any spam. My problem writing to the list is currently solved but I had to purchase a Macintosh to do it hence the email address. :) > Keep in mind that questions@freebsd.org is the e-mail address that's > printed > on all the FreeBSD CD's and much other material. It's got wide and > unretractable exposure. > Yes it is quite exposed but if people can't use it its pointless to give it out. There should at least be a disclaimer on all new shipments that if your ISP is full of dumbasses like mine you won't be able to write to the list due to the strict filtering rules. > > Ted Mittelstaedt > tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's > Guide > Book website: > http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --Apple-Mail-1658980397-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=us-ascii The last time someone directly involved in the mailing list server responded to one of these questions, I believe they said that the filtering is dropping about 1 spam message every 3 minutes on average. Wow! That's a lot. Too bad some of them were probably from me trying to write to the list and not exactly understanding why I couldn't. Just because you are dropping lots of messages doesn't always mean you are dropping the right ones. Hell, I could make a list that drops all messages and then say I never get any spam. My problem writing to the list is currently solved but I had to purchase a Macintosh to do it hence the email address. :) 0000,0000,DEB7 Keep in mind that questions@freebsd.org is the e-mail address that's printed on all the FreeBSD CD's and much other material. It's got wide and unretractable exposure. Yes it is quite exposed but if people can't use it its pointless to give it out. There should at least be a disclaimer on all new shipments that if your ISP is full of dumbasses like mine you won't be able to write to the list due to the strict filtering rules. 0000,0000,DEB7 Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --Apple-Mail-1658980397-1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message