From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 26 20:58:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA26571 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:58:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA26555 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id WAA18355; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:57:29 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199611270457.WAA18355@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: Destroy Lotus_Mail_Exchange@CSERVE4.CCMAIL.compuserve.com To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:57:28 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <329BBEB8.167EB0E7@fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Nov 26, 96 09:08:24 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I realize that replacing sendmail and hanging your machine with > ScrollLock is all very interesting, but is anyone looking at getting rid > of these annoying messages from > Lotus_Mail_Exchange@CSERVE4.CCMAIL.compuserve.com? In general the author of Lotus Mail Exchange, and the Postmaster at Compuserve both deserve to get mail bombed with documentation indicating that it is not proper to parse the text of a message to derive an address to return errors to (that is the function of the envelope). Since most DOS weenie programmers writing these things are too small minded to read AND understand the documentation, though... I remember the battle I had with a lady who insisted that she used some other address for administrative matters, and that I was out of my mind when I insisted that she needed to have a "Postmaster" address. People like these should have their Internet connectivity revoked until they display a minimal level of cluefulness. ... JG