Hey, > The reason I'm writing is, however, that I'd like someone to explain > the "harm to the mailing list" aspect. I'm sure one user could > theoretically do considerable damage if they really wanted to, at > least temporarily, but what are the more realistic scenarios here?
The worst thing the user could do to the best of my knowledge, is write an email to hetzner reporting Arch Linux for sending unsolicited spam and them being unable to unsubscribe, in which case hetzner might drop traffic on port 25 temporarily while they investigate. Hetzner has had a past of being put into spam databases for poor relay port moderation, they are a lot stricter these days, so a legitimate complaint could be a pain in the a*se. Disclaimer, I have not worked with Hetzner myself, however I know others who have, and they have been annoyed when it comes to getting the relay port unblocked on their server(s). So like I said, best not to mess about and just comply with what the user demands, it de-escalates the situation, and prevents further conflict. Take care, -- Polarian Website: https://polarian.dev Jabber/XMPP: [email protected]
