From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 7 17:32:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA20991 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:32:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kithrup.com (kithrup.com [205.179.156.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA20985; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:31:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sef@localhost) by kithrup.com (8.8.5/8.6.6) id RAA00445; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:31:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:31:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan Message-Id: <199709080031.RAA00445@kithrup.com> To: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists References: <341314D0.E22ADFF3@kew.com> from "Drew Derbyshire" at Sep 7, 97 04:55:44 pm Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199709072335.QAA17881.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@hub.freebsd.org> you write: > please remember to distinguish between "mail from:" addresses > and relays. there is *not* reasone that i know of that a > "mail from:" address must be resolvable. Uh, if we can't reply to them, what are we doing allowing them to ask questions?