Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:15:22 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, Alan Smithee <smitheebsd@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: Mail originating from FreeBSD servers spam-blocked by large organization Message-ID: <43BE6D6A.3000306@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <43BE68A2.50901@pacific.net.sg> References: <dce310d30601060314x5c5a8c90p@mail.gmail.com> <43BE68A2.50901@pacific.net.sg>
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Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Alan Smithee wrote: > >> >> Naturally, I think this is a rather draconian defense, of limited >> practical > > > they should block e-mails written by Outlook clients. > >> Does anyone have any advice? In particular, I would be keen to >> obtain any >> statistics or references for organizations that use FreeBSD to host >> their >> email servers. > > > The problem could be linked to Hotmail and Yahoo. Hotmail was FreeBSD > and Yahoo should still be FreeBSD. > > Both are commonly used for spamming. This thread should be cc'ed or reposted to the freebsd-isp@ mailing list - there are lots of admins and such there that can act as a reference for this kind of misinformation about FreeBSD. Whatever organization this is (and I presume possibly a .gov), should really re-evaluate their means of blocking mail, and maybe do a little research first. If they are blocking based on the word freebsd then who knows what else they think is evil.. Yikes. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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