Re: [Asrg] Please critique my anti-spam system

On 2005-01-08 12:36:23 -0500, Seth Breidbart wrote:
> Ken Raeburn <raeburn(_at_)raeburn(_dot_)org> wrote:
>
> > Will that work in a world that still has a lot of mailing lists that
> > don't rewrite the envelope sender data, such that bounces go back to
> > the sender but from addresses the sender didn't send to?
> That one I don't consider a problem; if you subscribe to a mailing
> list and I post to the list, I _don't_ want to see anything automatic
>  from you.
I think he means it the other way around: Every time you post
something to a mailinglist, you get a lot of challenges because your
address isn't in the whitelist.

> If you miss out on postings to the list because I won't
> jump through your hoops, that's your problem.
>
> Currently, such lists (e.g. bugtraq) are a problem for posters.
But bugtraq does rewrite the envelope sender (it uses ezmlm's VERP
scheme). The problem with bugtraq is that a lot of people have software
installed which ignores the envelope sender and replies to the address
in the From: header instead. 

        hp

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