> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [SMTP:blutgens at us-admins.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 10:16 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Testing sender verification on tclug-list > > > Ben Lutgens said: > > > > David Phillips said: > >> Ben Lutgens writes: > >>> Becuase people often try to send out mail with an errant "From:" > >>> setup in thier mailer and when other folks try to reply it gets > >>> bounced. But it can't bounce because it's an invalid address... > >> > >> So? Would you rather have someone forge your email address and have > >> all the bounces go to you? That's what this "solution" encourages. > > > > They can do that anyway. Wether you verify it or not. Thanks for > > playing. > > Besides with spamassassin, rbls, and ensuring your mailserver isn't an > open-relay it's really not a problem. > > I don't get bounces from forged addresses. They'd have to forge the > Sender: header as well. Good mailserver configs can catch many of these > things. I've been building mine gradually over a few years. > > But you already knew all that being a devout DJB worshiper. By the way > when is the "DJB Raises The Dead" or "DJB Heals the sick and lame" meeting > going to take place? As his greatest disciple surely you'll be leading the > charge to such worship-like activities. > > Or could it be that you ARE DJB in disguise! Spreading the gospel of His > Holiness incognito! ADMIT IT! YOU'RE DJB AREN'T YOU! > > > I bet Hitler was a DJB worshiper too... > > -- > Ben Lutgens > System Administrator > > Ok, WHY does much of the open source community hate the guy that wrote Qmail. His views, his license, what? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list