From owner-freebsd-security Thu Jan 2 9:34:37 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E8B37B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:34:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C45E43EC5 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:34:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h02HYWQB019001; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:34:32 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with UUCP id h02HYWUa019000; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:34:32 GMT Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h02HX2Xb077812; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:33:03 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Message-Id: <200301021733.h02HX2Xb077812@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: htabak@quadtelecom.com Cc: security@freebsd.org From: markm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Dec 2002 08:45:23 EST." <3E0DAAF3.7090103@quadtelecom.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 19:33:02 +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > [This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam > filter, I've had to send this from another account] Hi This is off-topic for 2 reasons. 1) FreeBSD-security is for intrusion-related (and to a lesser extent DoS-related security issues). Your post is more about spam philosophy, and as such is better suited to a general Anti-Spam list. 2) The "political" aspect of of the tool you mention may be relevant, but not in security. FreeBSD supplies tools, and lets users decide when to use them. A policy list like FreeBSD-ISP _may_ be better suited to this. Also - please don't cross-post to other FreeBSD lists. Particularly to FreeBSD-Questions. > I recently discovered, and quite by accident, that a FreeBSD ported > package -- spambnc (aka Spambouncer or SB) -- was blocking mail from me > to an unknown number of businesses and individuals on the internet. I'll > probably never have to correspond with most of these people, but I'm a > freelancer -- this may have already cost me a job. [Dear reader, don't > be surprised if you or your clients are also blocked. I strongly suggest > that you check it out.] Please take this up with the SB author and the sites that have chosen to use this tool. You may need to use another From: address. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message