Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Simon Huggins wrote: > Our elected leader, when faced with a problem that he knows will > stop his mail being delivered to certain recipients, should IMHO > work around it in order to fulfill his role. Sure, it would be nice if the DPL would, but it would also be nice if the D

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.20.0252 +0200]: > I'd be impressed if your ISP can rewrite the Received: header > produced by the hop after them to change the IP address of their > SMTP server into your IP address. That's really not difficult, and it's being done. Remember:

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 06:32:49PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1544 +0200]: > > > For what it's worth: how do you know they don't intercept the > > > mail that your mail spool then sends out? > > > > Eventually you get a bounce with the

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread MJ Ray
Simon Huggins wrote: > I've not had any form of reply though and feel this is a problem the > project needs to address if the leader is going to continue to send mail > =66rom a blacklisted host and not care about doing so. Blocking based solely on blacklists (instead of using them as one part in

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 03:49:04PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > Blacklisting based on dial-up or dynamic status is nothing more than > an effort to turn the internet into an oligarchy, where only the rich > and powerful can control mail. It's a power grab. That's all it does > and all it's inten

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 04:35:31PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:35:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > > 1) The Internet is peer-to-peer. You want to break that? > > 2) Some of the ISPs I've used refuse to relay my messages when they > > claim to be from my dropbear address

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 19 2005 9:32 am, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1544 +0200]: > > So punish them specifically. There are blackholes that do that. > > bl.spamcop.net, sbl.spamhaus.org, xbl.spamhaus.org and > > bl.ursine.ca all do that. > > And then t

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1544 +0200]: > So punish them specifically. There are blackholes that do that. > bl.spamcop.net, sbl.spamhaus.org, xbl.spamhaus.org and bl.ursine.ca > all do that. And then they just hang up and dial in again to get a new IP. > You need

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread John Goerzen
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 12:40:19PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I disagree. These days, any moron and their father can set up a mail > server with proper queuing. That does not mean they can protect it > against relaying. I se *no* (read that again: NO) reason why anyone > should run a mail spoo

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:31:28AM +0100, Simon Huggins wrote: > Blacklisting via the DUL is a > positive measure when coupled with virus scanning smarthosts as it > reduces the number of virus mails spread by clients like Outlook. So is dropping all incoming mail. Virtually ANYTHING reduces the

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:35:50PM +1000, Sam Couter wrote: > 1) The Internet is peer-to-peer. You want to break that? > > 2) Some of the ISPs I've used refuse to relay my messages when they > claim to be from my dropbear address instead of the ISPs domain. > > 3) If I can't afford DSL or cable,

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 19 2005 6:22 am, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1404 +0200]: > > Why pay someone else to do what I can do myself for free? > > The problem is not you, the problem are the other morons who think > like you *and* can't operate mail ser

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1404 +0200]: > Why pay someone else to do what I can do myself for free? The problem is not you, the problem are the other morons who think like you *and* can't operate mail servers. With that I mean: I have no reason to believe that you ca

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Sam Couter
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I se *no* (read that again: NO) reason why anyone > should run a mail spool on a dial-up. 1) The Internet is peer-to-peer. You want to break that? 2) Some of the ISPs I've used refuse to relay my messages when they claim to be from my dropbear address

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-06-2005 12:40, martin f krafft wrote: > These days, any moron and their father can set up a mail > server with proper queuing. That does not mean they can protect it > against relaying. And because some (alot) can do it wrong, noone should be al

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Paul, * Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-06-19 14:06]: > On Sunday June 19 2005 3:55 am, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1242 +0200]: > > > > And if your argument here is that their provider's mail spool > > > > sucks, delays or drops

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 19 2005 3:55 am, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1242 +0200]: > > > And if your argument here is that their provider's mail spool > > > sucks, delays or drops mail, or whatever, well... switch your > > > goddamn provider then. > > > >

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1242 +0200]: > > And if your argument here is that their provider's mail spool > > sucks, delays or drops mail, or whatever, well... switch your > > goddamn provider then. > > Can't. Monopoly. Get yourself a separate mail provider then. gm

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 19 2005 3:40 am, martin f krafft wrote: > And if your argument here is > that their provider's mail spool sucks, delays or drops mail, or > whatever, well... switch your goddamn provider then. Can't. Monopoly. -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.06.19.1153 +0200]: > Y'all do realize that greylisting takes care of those about 9 out > of 10 times, and the overhead to do virus scanning is minimal on > what does keep retrying long enough to get greylisted, right? > DULs are considered stupid,

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 02:53:21AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sunday June 19 2005 2:31 am, Simon Huggins wrote: > > You can see on your "blacklist backlash" that JaNET, the UK's > > academic network is listed as respecting the DUL. Blacklisting via > > the DUL is a positive measure when coupl

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 19 2005 2:31 am, Simon Huggins wrote: > You can see on your "blacklist backlash" that JaNET, the UK's > academic network is listed as respecting the DUL. Blacklisting via > the DUL is a positive measure when coupled with virus scanning > smarthosts as it reduces the number of virus

Re: debian t-shirts

2005-06-19 Thread Philipp Kern
Martin Schulze wrote: >>I wonder where/if you can buy debian t-shirts. Would be a good way to >>both make some money and promote Debian. > Go to the exhibitions listed at http://www.debian.org/events/ I really do not want to resurrect old threads... But do you also sell Debian hats? I mean we all

Branden's mail policies

2005-06-19 Thread Simon Huggins
Hi all, I originally sent this mail to: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] i.e. Leader and Project SCUD I've not had any form of reply though and feel this is a