Brad - apologies for not getting the point from the FAQ first. Thanks for being willing to repeat yourself anyway. I'm going to advise folks to register for a different address. Very interesting to see your background with AOL.
Thanks again, and to Gail, Jon ----- Original Message ---- From: Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; mailman-users@python.org Sent: Monday, 11 September, 2006 6:20:43 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Security / AOL At 8:52 AM -0400 2006-09-11, Gail wrote: > My experience with AOL, unrelated to Mailman, maybe of more help. Almost > without exception is all part of AOL's misguided attempts to block SPAM. Correct. Why is why I wrote FAQ 3.42. I should know, since I was the first Internet mail operations person they ever hired, and when I left I was the Sr. Internet Mail Administrator. At that time, I was probably doing more anti-spam work than most anyone else on the planet, and I made a point of contributing my work back to the community. Part of the reason I left was that management (and the developers) had decided that they wanted to go with a 100% proprietary solution for gatewaying e-mail into the service, and not a single person on the Internet Mail Operations team really wanted to be involved in that. One guy stayed, and the rest left in one way or another. $DEITY only knows what kind of crap they did once they got rid of all the people who really understood how this kind of system should be run. The real problem is that most people can't be bothered to read the FAQ or search the archives. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 Founding Individual Sponsor of LOPSA. See <http://www.lopsa.org/>. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jjloose%40yahoo.co.uk Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp