On Sunday 20 November 2005 21:11, Jeremy Harris wrote: > > What about some responsibility among blacklist operators? Why not > > provide a way for users who pass some tests to register dyndns-type > > hostnames for whitelisting? > > At risk of being regarded as rude and unhelpful,
Not at all. > I'd suggest > that such is not the list operator's job. They're merely > offering a list to MTA admins, not dictating that it be used > nor how. If the MTA admins want to punch holes in a list > used as a blacklist, perhaps by overlaying a different list > used as a whitelist, they can. If they want to maintain > such a list, intended to be used as a whitelist, they can - > and if they want to offer that list to others, they can. > > In the meantime, any argument should be between the users > at each end of a mail connection, and their mail admins. Have you ever tried to get an administrator -- even at a university you work for or with which you are working on a project -- to whitelist an IP or hostname? They flatly won't do it, in my experience. It's very easy to slap more blacklists on your mail configuration and get good results -- this is why it's done and I understand that. But it's also very easy to be lazy and say "We are not going to lift a finger to deal with anyone else's inconvenience." -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
