On 12/08/07, Nadav Har'El <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007, Ira Abramov wrote about "Re: @iglu list address no > longer working": > > > I'll make it as short as possible: if iglu.org.il accepts and forwards > all > > > incoming mail to a certain alias to to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which > considers > > > iglu.org.il a somewhat trusted host, that effectively turns > iglu.org.il to > > > > well DUH of course it circumvents RBL tests for HUJI but > > Let's not regurgitate over-simplifications and falsehoods (Ira, I'm not > saying > that you started this regurgitation or falsehoods - it goes through this > entire thread as a "god-given truth", when in fact it is not god-given and > not the truth).
Let's try to get back to the origins of all this problem, and I'm saying in advance that I might have missed something and got it wrong so you are welcome to correct me (and I'm a long way away so don't threaten me with "I know where you live" :). Linux-IL USED to be accessible through three addresses: @iglu, @linux.org.iland @ cs.huji (the "real" one). For some reason (people too lazy to change over?) the list managers decided to keep all three address instead of unifying them to one (" [EMAIL PROTECTED]" is the natural one, IMHO). Following that, people who replied through the address from which they were not subscribed got bounced. So a while ago the list managers dropped the subscription requirements and allowed non-member posts. In order to counter spam they added anti-spam filtering to the list. That anti-spam filtering broke by e-mails from @iglu so now @iglu is out and people are forced to post through @cs.huji anyway. Questions: 1. What's the matter with @linux.org.il? Is it still used? 2. Maybe the managers can reconsider limiting posts to list members again and get rid of these anti-spam measures, now that all subscribers are required to e-mail through the @cs.huji address? --Amos