On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:07:59 +0100, "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>----Original Message---- >>From: Jim Hyslop >>Sent: 22 September 2005 18:31 > >> DC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> First of all, please do not make up email addresses. > > Even more importantly, don't *forge* email addresses. > > The domain "spam.com" is real and it belongs to someone (Hormel, as it >happens, but for the sake of this discussion it could have been anyone). > > By posting to a mailing list with a fake email address, you are committing >forgery. You are falsely claiming to be an authorised user from the domain >in question. What if there actually is someone whose username is "no" at >that domain? You're claiming to be them, that's what. This could have >real-world consequences for you and/or them. > > And all the spam which would have been sent to you if you had used your >real email address is now getting dumped on some innocent third party, which >is appallingly selfish and ignorant. You wouldn't like it if someone went >around posting to mailing lists with _your_ email address because they >didn't want spam and didn't care how much extra they were making you get, >would you? > > If you do ever have to munge your address, munge it for one that does NOT >already exist. That much should have been obvious. If not, have a read of >the address-munging FAQ. > > > > cheers, > DaveK I - think - I - get - the - point 1. There is no need to be an ass about it. Jim pointed out his concerns in a non-hostile manor. In return I have posted my follow up using a valid email address that belongs to myself. 2. Second, if someone out there is using the address "no" "joe" "dan" "john" etc @spam.com they should expect quite a bit of spam. 3. The MX record for spam.com points to 172.16.10.12 which is a private IP address. There are no mail servers out there that will recieve mail for spam.com. 4. You should investigate things a little further before you acuse somebody of flooding some innocent person w/ spam. 5. You just wasted everyones time and bandwidth by posting your message. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
