From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 28 19:40:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7452237B401 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:40:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC0F543EC2 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 19:40:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E20916007E64; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 03:40:25 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: Harry Tabak , FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <3E0E67D1.8050309@quadtelecom.com> References: <3E0DAAF3.7090103@quadtelecom.com> <3E0E1CDD.2050605@mac.com> <3E0E67D1.8050309@quadtelecom.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041133236.68500.167.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 29 Dec 2002 03:40:36 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Geez, Is this *still* going on? Why are you still cc'ing the list???? Regards, Stacey On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 03:11, Harry Tabak wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > If one sends a message that could not be delivered, an error report > > (called a DSN) is returned, describing the problem. People sending > > legitimate email know who they've sent mail to, right? And when they > > get DSN's, as you most probably did, you talk to your ISP, etc, etc. > > > > How many bounced messages are you talking about, approximately? Would > > you be willing to give those individuals a phone call to talk about your > > message, instead, or ask their postmaster to change their spam-filter to > > let your mail through? > > In this case, the package configuration puts 'spam' in a separate folder > and doesn't send a bounce message. I may not get feed back until and > unless I do a follow-up call. A follow-up call is not always possible. > > > > > [ Because that's basicly what it all comes down to, all of the advocacy > > for or against regulation aside. FWIW, I block three /16's under > > 16.0.0.0/8, but yours wasn't one of them-- I checked. Bah...I'm getting > > 1000+ dictionary scans from DSL pools in .br a day. ] > actually my block is 66.45.116.136/29. Temporarily, I can't post to > this list from one of those addresses -- but that is another story and > is fixable. > > > > > -Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message