>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:04:27 -0400, DAve said: > > Jo Rhett wrote: > >> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Jo Rhett wrote: > >>> This has to rank as one of the stupidest spam detection measures I > >>> have ever seen. > >> On Jul 28, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Alan Brown wrote: > >> Their servers, their rules. > >> > >> Deal with it. > > > > Frankly, I can't. Having to use a GUI mail client makes > > participation in the 100+ mailing lists that I contribute code and > > provide assistance on completely untenable. And resubscribing every > > single one of these to a new address outside the firewall is likewise > > nonsense. > > > > I was confronted with the same problem back in 1998 and I used ssmtp. I > think it was ssmtp, that was a long time ago. I set it up and continued > to use Mutt (which is still my favorite MUA though I have to use OE and > Thunderbird now) with no further problems. This is not a new issue, and > it is certainly not unsurmountable. > > > Open source requires volunteers. I was happy enough with the code > > base, but I was confused by why the open source community in general > > dismissed Bacula as a relevant or useful project. Now I understand > > why -- the code may work decently well, but when the community is > > treated poorly and serious problems that prevent participation are > > ignored then they wander off to other projects. > > > > I've never felt that way here. I do wish the thread would continue in a > useful tone, as I may be experiencing the same issue as you. I will now > with the next set of clients I configure.
OK, here is one piece of useful info: I just posted to bacula-users using a GNU Emacs mail client, connecting to a sendmail mail server that is behind a firewall. The message was accepted by sourceforge and delivered back to me and also reached the nabble.com archive, so I think that shows that it can work without GUI mail clients. FWIW, there were no mime-version or content-type headers on the outgoing message, so that appears to be another wild rumour disproved. __Martin p.s. I've CC'd you in case sourceforge rejects this one :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
