On Thursday, February 6, 2025 2:39:01 PM CET Darren Ankney wrote: > Hi John, > > The latest version of this file should be here: > https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/keama/-/blob/master/leases/keama-leases. > py > > You can create an account on https://gitlab.isc.org/users/sign_up but > I think you can't use an @gmail.com address (or other public free > email provider address) to do so (due to spam). > > Once you've been able to create an account, it should be no problem > for you to open an issue here: > https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/keama/-/issues where you can > attach your patch in whatever way you see fit. I don't think you'll > be able to actually create a merge request though. > > Thank you, > Darren Ankney
Hi John and Darren, I wonder why this is the case. I've seen (and personally employ) various such restrictions, but can't help but find them somewhat naive. This is not like weighting emails for spam based on various criteria, it's literally all or nothing. While the benefits may well be worth the cost, this seems somewhat discriminatory. It reminds me of things like TCP/25 being blocked by residential ISP's, or personal VPN service from hosting providers being blocked by web content providers. They both have rationale, but it is rather weak and doesn't account for edge cases. This appears to be one such edge case. Perhaps that makes this something worth giving another look? There is something to be said about individual MTA operators being able to create a lot more spam, unrestricted by servers under their own control. This could be either intentional, or more commonly as a result of bad configuration (open relay). Meanwhile Gmail may be freemail, but it is also moderated by a software behemoth that has at least a passing interest in keeping their reputation decent. Duopoly aside of course, but that's a subject for another day. For today's purpose, a large provider with a large-scale moderation effort. In practice, I could see the current status quo somewhat working for bind- users, where the expectation is that you have a domain and accompanying infrastructure. On Kea-users and DHCP-users meanwhile, I tend to see freemail a lot more. Perhaps that's something worth accounting for. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Michael De Roover Mail: i...@nixmagic.com Web: michael.de.roover.eu.org -- ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. Kea-users mailing list Kea-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users
