On 2012-08-27, Adam Tauno Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, and why this whole notion of hidden and revolving and multiple > addresses is just stupid;
Certainly not. The rule of least privilege is state of the art. The philosophy is held in high regard by everyone sufficiently knowledgeable about network security. > suddenly it is very difficult for me to contact someone I have a > legitimate reason to communicate with. How so? If it's difficult for you, you have a broken or inadequite tool. A proper tool enables you to supply whatever email address is appropriate (which is not necessarily your internal address). > I've had the address [email protected] for decades, never > hidden it, it is published *everywhere* from PDF files to Usenet > groups to mail list archives. The SPAM level is pretty minimal. This is because you've been forced to use an aggressive email firewall (whether you know it or not). If you need that kind of defense, you've already screwed up on the disclosure. > Please do not break e-mail, just learn to use the tools. > > For me it is (a) SPAMhause RBL, (b) greylist milter, and (c) Spamhaus breaks email. Spamhaus is used by those who haven't figured out how to properly use email. And the result is blocked legitimate email due to crude spam defense mechanisms that are designed to save a buck for large profit-driven providers. Please, come to understand EFF principles. The EFF condemns crude blocking techniques that damage legitimate traffic. > SPAMAssasin. All pretty basic setup, requires basically zero > care-and-feeding. Indeed, it's easy for simple users, but advanced users have better options. Although I have spamassasin score my email, it rarely finds anything malicious -- thanks to the rule of least privilege ensuring that spam doesn't come in the first place. > Any ISP or whomever should be able to provide an equivalent [or > better]. An ISP is a poor choice for trusting your email. ISPs are driven to keep costs down, which means using sloppy techniques purely in the interest of reducing their server load - they are not interested in offering a quality service that enables users to see every legitimate message (as this costs more money to do properly), so legit mail is broken (this is the real damage done by spam, and yes, ISPs in effect help spammers break email in this regard). _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
