From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/46108 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: TMDA (was: new spam functionality added) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:21:52 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87n0rrru4v.fsf@home.lan> References: <20020801222925.A10502@mastaler.com> <02Aug5.143835edt.119445@gateway.intersystems.com> <02Aug5.174118edt.119294@gateway.intersystems.com> <874re5wvrc.fsf@home.lan> <877kj11ctx.fsf@naz.lickey.com> <87u1m5w14y.fsf@doohan.bang.priv.no> <87bs8bygij.fsf@naz.lickey.com> <87ofc9rdcv.fsf@doohan.bang.priv.no> <87znvroizw.fsf@doohan.bang.priv.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029230531 10093 127.0.0.1 (13 Aug 2002 09:22:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:22:11 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17eXsQ-0002cg-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:22:10 +0200 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 17eXsV-00029i-00; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 04:22:15 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 13 Aug 2002 04:22:44 -0500 (CDT) 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 EAA09196 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 04:22:28 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 10533 invoked by alias); 13 Aug 2002 09:21:54 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 10528 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2002 09:21:54 -0000 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (80.91.224.244) by gnus.org with SMTP; 13 Aug 2002 09:21:54 -0000 Original-Received: from news by quimby.gnus.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17eYFf-0007rS-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:46:11 +0200 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.1.63.32 Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1029231971 29555 195.1.63.32 (13 Aug 2002 09:46:11 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Aug 2002 09:46:11 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, i386-debian-linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Nmu0UtVSZNUFoobbGMv3KdF4wgo= Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46108 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46108 >>>>> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc): > Nothing on your end can stop people from sending you messages like > that. If you started using a TMDA that sent confirmation requests > to the From address, you'd just see bounced confirmation requests > for those nonexistent addresses instead of the original messages - > or if for some reason you didn't see those bounces, I would configure away the TMDA bounce reports if possible. > those messages would silently disappear, without any indication to > the sender as to why. I can live with that. If they want to reach me, they should use a working sender address.