Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > Presumably, all of the mail for any > particular list originates from the same mail server (or relatively > small collection of servers). And these are "real" mail servers, not > random machines with no maintainer. You can use this property to > advantage here, I think.
Unsafe assumption. EG I run my list off a proxy mailserver connected by ADSL. I have had problems with recipients' POP servers doing reverse DNS lookups on the list sender domain name and rejecting mail because the domain IP address doesn't match the IP the mail has come from. This is purely because one ISP hosts the domain and my POP mail, and another provides the ADSL. I've also been blacklisted by ORBL type services on 2 occasions, have never managed to find out why, nor was I able to get unlisted. Like a lot of list mom's, I'm no tech, and know just enough to run a (bona-fide, opt-in, spam-free) hobbyist list. I used to run off a commercial Majordomo, but it cost far too much. Surely all that's required is a web-form sign-up before mail-archive will accept and archive mails from a new list? Spammers can't deliberately archive this crap, it's just that the mail-archive email address features on spam address CD's? Regards Tony Sleep - http://www.halftone.co.uk _______________________________________________ Gossip mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gossip
