From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/39940 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robin S. Socha" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: thoughts on spam Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 14:24:38 -0500 Organization: Trial By Combat Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87y9m9fs6b.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <87elo1exsd.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <20011102160930.CC3D1BD52@squeaker.lickey.com> <87wv192jzh.fsf_-_@mclinux.com> <861yjgbygz.fsf@duchess.twilley.org> <20011102235444.E9C73BD48@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 1035175570 30634 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:46:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 15122 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2001 19:25:49 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2001 19:25:49 -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 1606Pc-0000ab-00; Sat, 03 Nov 2001 13:25:00 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 03 Nov 2001 13:24:41 -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 NAA03440 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:24:27 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 15113 invoked by alias); 3 Nov 2001 19:24:41 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 15108 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2001 19:24:40 -0000 Original-Received: from mail1.kens.com (qmailr@161.58.160.44) by gnus.org with SMTP; 3 Nov 2001 19:24:40 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 11471 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Nov 2001 19:24:38 -0000 Original-To: "\(ding\)" X-URL: X-Face: #Z}0zkbqU,m`+S)^0R[.23L-o>U{UQ|(DvIqu^Bjw:po_g9;4JnT9tbn;QX$ga/LYS In-Reply-To: (Fabien Penso's message of "Sat, 03 Nov 2001 19:56:45 +0100") Original-Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) (i386-unknown-openbsd2.9) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39940 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:39940 * Fabien Penso writes: > Robin on Sat, 03 Nov 2001 13:26:51 -0500 wrote: >> You aware of the fact, though, that spambouncer has nothing to do >> with tmda whatsoever and is just another futile attempt at using >> cleverer heuristics than the spammers? > Qmail sux, his license is the kind you can throw away. Fabien sux, his reading ability is the kind you can throw away. qmail does not have a licence. Duh ;-) > Use Postfix. Get a shovel, you'll need a *deep* hole: http://software.libertine.org/tmda/requirements.html > Also procmail is a great piece of software. Procmail is a great pain in the arse. Its syntax is as sexually exciting as hacking sendmail.cf with vi. > Would you be nice enough to tell why you don't like procmail ? I'm not nice. But I strongly recommend your reading http://www.flounder.net/~mrsam/maildrop/ - procmail is to maildrop what sendmail is to qmail: bloated, arcane, unsafe.