Date: 07 May 2001 21:05:43 +0200 From: Simon J Mudd <sjmudd@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Isn't the freebsd.org mail server too paranoid? Message-ID: <8666fdt1x4.fsf@unicorn.ea4els.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: sam2539@the-beach.net's message of "7 May 2001 15:46:04 %2B0200" References: <B71C1ECE.67BA%sam2539@the-beach.net>
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sam2539@the-beach.net (the-beach) writes: > There's already one layer of security in that you must subscribe, why add > another that no one else seems to care about. Is it a Postfix or a Majordomo > thing? It's a postfix thing, which is _optionally_ enabled. It is a very good way of avoiding the reception of spam, which I guess hub.freebsd.org wants to do. Normally ips without reverse lookups correspond to sites which aren't setup properly, and these are often the source of spam. It's caught me and it can be frustrating, but honestly the ISP should know better. And you can always change ISP (even if that is a pain). It's a shame a lot of ISPs don't know how to setup their mail servers properly. Simon -- Simon J Mudd, Madrid SPAIN Tel: +34-91-408 4878 email: sjmudd@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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