Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:55:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: spam and the FreeBSD mailing lists Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970907215400.10438A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <199709080031.RAA00445@kithrup.com>
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > 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? Anticipating that they have set the reply-to field. (Which of course leads to question #2; if they're smart enough to set the reply-to field, aren't they smart enough to use a correct mail from?) -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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