On Fri, 17 May 2013 14:03:01 +0100 RW articulated: > On Fri, 17 May 2013 08:45:29 -0400 > Jerry wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:32 +0100 > > RW articulated: > > > > > On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:29 +0100 > > > Bruce Cran wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, seriously. Have you seen the number of people who post > > > > messages "PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM THIS MAILING LIST!!", apparently > > > > not understanding how to manage their subscription? > > > > > > There's also the likelyhood that reluctant subscribers are less > > > likely to take care about avoiding various types of backscatter. > > > > Well, unless the reluctant subscriber is running an incorrectly > > configured MTA, I don't see a problem with "backscatter". Now, if > > they do have a maladjusted MTA, they have more problems then just > > subscribing to a list. > > Out of Office replies, sieve rejects, anti-spam challenges etc
Yes, an incorrectly configured MTA or one of its milters. There are ways to deal with these assholes. Allowing a blanket "open-door" policy is like setting file permissions on everything to 0777 just because you are to lazy to find a correct solution to a problem. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
