Re: Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:38:27 -0600 Michael Torrie wrote: > That's not something I would ever want, nor I suspect people who are > participating in a lot of e-mail lists. To each his own. Exactly my point. Make the general case something that allows each person to control their own experience. >

Re: Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Chris Angelico : > Unfortunately, a lot of domains don't have SPF records, or have very > convoluted ones (check out gmail.com's SPF for instance). That's their problem. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread Michael Torrie
On 08/01/2016 10:32 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:01:26 -0600 > Michael Torrie wrote: >>> So I have to examine every address I reply to or deal with the >>> bounce message later. Way to move your spam problem to someone >>> else. >> >> I've never had this problem. I use

Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:01:26 -0600 Michael Torrie wrote: > > So I have to examine every address I reply to or deal with the > > bounce message later. Way to move your spam problem to someone > > else. > > I've never had this problem. I use the mailing list side of things > and I reply to the

Re: Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 02:22:50 +1000 Chris Angelico wrote: > > I'm a little insulted that you think that I would ever allow > > someone to send mail to Vex.Net pretending to be from Vex.Net. > > That's just too easy to detect and block. Try it. > > vex.net. 10800 IN TXT "v=spf1 mx -all" > vex.net

Re: Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 2:05 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: >> probably your SMTP server, will tell you. In contrast, your valid >> email address will become the target of many spam emails even if you >> manage to block them. It will also be used as the source of spam so >> somebody at vex.net may be

Using valid emails

2016-08-01 Thread D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Time to change the subject. On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 01:30:47 +1000 Gordon Levi wrote: > "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote: > >: Host or domain name not found. Name service > >error for name=address.invalid type=: Host not found > > > >So I have to examine every address I reply to or deal with the bounce