Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:15:00 -0500 From: David Leimbach <Leimy2k@mac.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testing new email account Message-ID: <200109211215.FAA16147@smtpout.mac.com> In-Reply-To: <000101c14256$1a6a9da0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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--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 <excerpt>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. </excerpt>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. :) <color><param>0000,0000,DEB7</param> </color><excerpt>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. </excerpt>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. <color><param>0000,0000,DEB7</param> </color><excerpt> 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 </excerpt> --Apple-Mail-1658980397-1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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