From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40015 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Matt Armstrong" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: thoughts on spam Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 08:59:05 -0700 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87g07tgqeu.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> References: <87y9m9fs6b.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <20011102160930.CC3D1BD52@squeaker.lickey.com> <87wv192jzh.fsf_-_@mclinux.com> <861yjgbygz.fsf@duchess.twilley.org> <20011102235444.E9C73BD48@squeaker.lickey.com> <87n122s9k8.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035175632 31030 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:47:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:47:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "(ding)" Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 20081 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2001 16:01:33 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 5 Nov 2001 16:01:33 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 160mAD-0002YF-00; Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:59:53 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:59:34 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA12203 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 09:59:13 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 20034 invoked by alias); 5 Nov 2001 15:59:26 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 20029 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2001 15:59:25 -0000 Original-Received: from hank.lickey.com (64.81.100.235) by gnus.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2001 15:59:25 -0000 Original-Received: from squeaker.lickey.com (squeaker.lickey.com [192.168.100.10]) by hank.lickey.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CAF4EE34 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:59:11 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by squeaker.lickey.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22347BD53 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:59:10 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by squeaker.lickey.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D7A7BD48; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:59:08 -0700 (MST) Original-To: Stainless Steel Rat Mail-Followup-To: ratinox@peorth.gweep.net, ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Stainless Steel Rat's message of "04 Nov 2001 15:46:54 -0500") Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA v0.40/Python 1.5.2 (linux2) X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20010714 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40015 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40015 Stainless Steel Rat writes: > * "Matt Armstrong" on Sun, 04 Nov 2001 > | FUD -- you can configure postfix such that there is zero possibility > | that it'll flood your network. > > Your -assertion- does not make it so. > > The fact that it -has- happened is sufficient reason to be wary of it, > because there is a non-zero possibility of it happening again, no matter > what you say. Of course, if I dumped every software package that ever screwed me over due to a mis-configuration, I'd have dumped Gnus years ago. ;-) -- matt