I have to agree with John. I like using the RBL, I find it to be somewhat effective in blocking some spam, but I do *not* think it should be hard-coded into the MTA. What if for some reason in the future I decide I do not want RBL anymore? Right now I can just delete part of my tcpserver line and restart qmail. I suppose you could add an option whether or not to use the RBL, but then you're adding unnecessary code into qmail which works just as well as an add-on. --Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: qmail mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 10:11 PM Subject: Re: Why Red Hat is not distributing qmail On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 02:52:50AM +0100, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote: > >>Qmail does not support RBL, right out of the box. > > > Nor should it. There's an add-on to do that. > > RBL support, these days, in a world that isn't as perfect as qmail was > designed to view it, is not an option, but rather a requirement. Out of the > box. But as long as you are not allowed to distribute such a setup, there is > little point in discussing it. I use qmail to deliver intranet mail. Why do I need RBL? In general, why should the MTA writer be able to dictate what anti-spam measures I am and am not taking? -- John White [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key: http://www.triceratops.com/john/public-key.pgp
