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> freebsd-questions bounces mail back:
>
> a) when you connect with a dynamic PPP account
>    and use your local sendmail (instead of the ISP MTA).
>
> b) when you are on a private ethernet behind a "ppp -nat"
>    connection and use your machines local sendmail
>    (instead of the gateways MTA).
>
> and it's very irritating to say the least.
> i know it is for SPAM control purposes,
> but i think there are better ways
> to control spam without punishing
> legitimate emails from a) + b) above.

You may think, but from what's been said previously on this list, that
single filter alone blocks around one spam message every three minutes. I
think we'd all agree that that is "A Good Thing".

That said, I'm not an admin of the mail server at freebsd.org, and I'm sure
they would be more qualified to answer as to whether (and why) other
methods of blocking spam do or do not work.

Mark


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