From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 31 00:15:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA08064 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:15:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA08054 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:15:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA24049; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 03:14:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA05673; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 03:14:15 -0500 (EST) To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: Mark Crispin , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , chat@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:50:54 EST." Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 03:14:15 -0500 Message-ID: <5671.846749655@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Marc G. Fournier" wrote in message ID : > On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Mark Crispin wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:28:40 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > 8) Don't allow cretins to use your system. > > > > > > Except that ISPs are in the business of delivering service to cretins. > > > It's right in the business plan. > > > > Yup, which is a reason (there are others) why security-conscious ISPs don't > > use mail spools. > > > > Cool, this one I *have* to hear, since the savings in disk space > would be cool... > > How do you *not* have a mail spool? Tell your customers that the NSA outlawed e-mail as a national security risk. Judging by our customers, 99% of them would believe it. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info