Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 22:21:58 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: David Lowe <dlowe@sirius.com> Cc: Victor Sudakov <vas@vas.tomsk.su>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bulk mailer Message-ID: <20260.871449718@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:41:49 PDT." <Pine.NXT.3.95q.970812153359.687A-100000@ds9>
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> At any rate, it's not my decision. Just thought I would state the > intention of the (poorly named) software in question. Whoa! Call me slow, but I just twigged to what Victor was referring to here (I did not equate "bulk_mailer" with "a bulk mailer" for some reason). I have to back up David on this one and say that bulk_mailer is just a tool, one which probably predated the usage of "spam" to mean anything but Hormel's popular potted pork product, and one indispensible to anyone trying to run a large (legitimate) mailing list. Frankly, I'd just as soon see sendmail removed as "a spammer's tool" before I'd see bulk_mailer removed for the same precedent - it's just a bogus thing to do. Jordan > > Thanks, > > David Lowe > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > Hello Colleagues. > > > > Do you think it was a wise idea to include a bulk mailer into the ports > > collection? It looks like encouraging spammers. > > > > > > -- > > Victor Sudakov > > http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm > > > > >
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