Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:18:41 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jukka_Simil=E4?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jukka_Simil=E4?= <jukka.simila@sveg.se.sykes.com>, 'Sean Michael Whipkey' <highway@cstone.net>, wulfie <wulfie@wulfric7.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Anti-spam policy Message-ID: <8F68F32EB034D311A4A700508B4417D702F5FF6E@RATATOSK.sveg.se.sykes.com>
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ok.. I don't like to respond to my own messages, but I was truly amazed that the message got through.. luckily no one had time to take that bet ;) > > wulfie wrote: > > > > > > I don't know what the list moderator's policy is on spam - > > I'm seeing > > > plenty of it on this list. However, here's mine - I'm > unsubscribing. > > > > it's easy - the standard policy for the FreeBSD lists is > that spam is > > not allowed. > > > > Of course, people still post to it, mostly because they allow > > people not > > on the list to post. > Do they really? I'd bet my Fbsd box for this message not > getting through to > -newbies.. > > > > I can't say I agree with that, but it's not my > > list. Unless they started filtering all list mail through something > > like the RBL, implementing an anti-spam policy is not going > > to cut down > > on the amount of spam. > freebsd lists have a pretty good spam filtering - maybe even too good: > In Finland, (6 months ago) I wasn't able to send mail to freebsd lists > directly > from my home box, because of Dynamic IP address: freebsd > lists deny many of > them.. > > Today I can't send mail to freebsd lists, because they have > plain stupid > M$Exchange server here, > and whenever I try to send mail via it, I get response "sender not > recognized in recipients address" or something like that. > > Of course, every once in a while a spam message gets through, > but personally > I think it could > be a LOT worse. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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