This has to rank as one of the stupidest spam detection measures I have ever seen.
So apparently, one cannot read mailing lists from a host behind a firewall any longer? I mean seriously, this ranks so high that I simply cannot think of a more useless spam prevention method. It will reduce spam. But mostly it will prevent most people from using the mailing list. On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 08:12:28AM -0400, Dan Langille wrote: >> FYI: About 10 minutes ago, I posted a test message to the list from a >> Mutt client. My mail server logs verify that the message was >> received by sourceforge: > > I've run into this problem as well. It seems that Mailman has a > spam-avoidance measure that trys to send a delivery status request to > the originating MTA as determined by reading the "Received:" headers > in the message. I'd guess that you have mutt delivering to sendmail > on your workstation, and that sendmail is configured to listen only on > localhost, and to relay outbound mail through a mail host at your ISP. > In this configuration, Mailman fails to get a DSN acknowledgment from > [EMAIL PROTECTED], and drops your mail on the assumption that you're a > spamming evil-doer. > > This explains why mail is accepted when sent with a different mail > client: pretty much every mail client other than mutt delivers > directly to a dedicated mail host that will accept DSN requests. You > can work around this problem by configuring mutt to deliver through a > program such as msmtp, which relays without adding the > standard-mandated "Recieved:" headers. > > $ head .muttrc > my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set sendmail="/usr/local/bin/msmtp \ > --host=smtp.comcast.net \ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > -- John Kodis. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn > cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
