Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:55:40 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org> Cc: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AGH! Cannot post to any mailing lists :( Message-ID: <15544.39756.407442.609535@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20020413104715.T2901-100000@yez.hyperreal.org> References: <20020413164720.GA47520@helios.dub.net> <20020413104715.T2901-100000@yez.hyperreal.org>
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> On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Jim Mock wrote: > > If you're in control of your reverse DNS, you need to fix it. If you > > aren't, it's time to club your ISP with the clue-by-four a few times... > > With all due respect to your domain, and to Godwin's law, isn't this > policy just a bit totalitarian? I'm often plugged in through random wifi > base stations or internet cafes, delivering mail directly from my laptop > rather than relaying it through somewhere. I'm doubtful even this message > will get through. No additional security is provided or even implied by > reverse DNS. Why require it? Accountability. It's fairly trivial to setup your 'fixed/permanent' mail server to allow your laptop to relay through it, which solves the problem completely. (And, this is how most 'travelling' software does it's thing, since POP3/IMAP by default is used for sending/receiving mail by most nomadic users. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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