On 12/07/11 07:53, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 7/11/2011 3:55 PM, Chris Davies wrote: >> Stan Hoeppner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> You're obviously new to the world of running an email server and spam >>> fighting >> >> About 20 years experience in a professional environment, with about 5 >> or so running an MTA at home (may be longer; I can't remember). Does >> that count as "new"? I don't think so. > > If you don't grasp the concepts I've been speaking of, and you don't > grasp the depth of the bot spam problem, then yes, from a spam fighting > or mail operations standpoint, you are definitely "new". > >> To be fair, I have realised in re-reading my post that I had mistakenly >> edited out the "I have a static IP address and proper rDNS" statement >> I had originally written. > > If you're unable to differentiate your setup and that of the classic > consumer/"home" broadband host, then there's no point continuing this > conversation really. This situation seems something like this analogy:
"If you do not agree with me then you are not worth of discussing with" ? > I'm 6'4" and about 185. Someone calls me "fat ass" and I take offense. > Doesn't make sense does it since I'm not remotely fat. You took > offense to the term "home" user, but to a receiving MTA your host looks > nothing like a "home" broadband host. "looks like", it's just that your filter is not the good one. You already said the problem was only with a part of those installations. You happily have a bad filter because it blocks much too many legit emails. If this is not your concern, just shut down email, you'll get no spam at all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
