Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Mike Jeays
Brett Glass wrote: At 07:05 AM 1/1/2003, Cliff Sarginson wrote: Let's stop kicking Richard Stallman. He has his own agenda. It should remain his own. But GCC is why you can compile FreeBSD. No, it's not. You can compile FreeBSD because it's written in C. GCC just happens to

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Stacey Roberts
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 18:58, Mike Jeays wrote: Brett Glass wrote: At 07:05 AM 1/1/2003, Cliff Sarginson wrote: Let's stop kicking Richard Stallman. He has his own agenda. It should remain his own. But GCC is why you can compile FreeBSD. snipped Please

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Paul Saab
Please stop cc'ing the list on this thread. 1. Don't bottom quote, it's terribly annoying. 2. Since you're a clueless negro who couldn't compile helloworld.c if his life depended on it, shut the fuck up. Sincerely, Paul -- Paul Saab [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm -

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Bosko Milekick
On 04 Jan 2003 19:13:13 +, Stacey Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Dude, You don't know me, nor have any idea what I'm about. Well, since Vicki gives me head everyday, I'd say I know you quite well. Not that she's good at it, but hey, what more can you expect for $5? For your

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 01:58:59PM -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: Brett Glass wrote: GCC is a great gift to the world, and has made a huge difference to the development of open-source software. It can't be all that mediocre if it has destroyed the market for higher-quality compilers! Windows is

RE: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Daniel Goepp
Oh come on, we can behave better than this...In normal conversation, there is no reason to use such potentially offensive language, when discussing FreeBSD. Which I might add what this list is supposed to be about. At least, I know that's why I signed up for it. On 04 Jan 2003 19:13:13 +,

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 4 January 2003 at 17:05:26 -0500, Daniel Goepp wrote: On 04 Jan 2003 19:13:13 +, Stacey Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Dude, You don't know me, nor have any idea what I'm about. Well, since Vicki gives me head everyday, I'd say I know you quite well. Not that she's

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 4 January 2003 at 13:58:59 -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: Brett Glass wrote: At 07:05 AM 1/1/2003, Cliff Sarginson wrote: Let's stop kicking Richard Stallman. He has his own agenda. It should remain his own. But GCC is why you can compile FreeBSD. No, it's not. You can compile

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-01-05T00:27:01Z, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: there's one thing that everybody on the list can do to help: don't reply to off-topic or offensive mail messages. Actually, Greg, there are two things we can do. The second is to GPG-sign *and* GPG-verify email. I'm as

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2003-01-04 Thread Mike Jeays
Mike, this message was originally posted to the FreeBSD-chat mailing list, where by definition it's on topic. It is definitely not on topic for FreeBSD-questions. Please don't forward this sort of thing to this list. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients.

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-29 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-28 13:49:31 -0700: Seems to me that this is an invitation to government regulation -- interfering with the mail is a criminal offense for good reason. so you think you have a *right* to send me email? you must be joking. -- If you cc me or remove the

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-29 Thread Brett Glass
At 06:13 PM 12/28/2002, Harry Tabak wrote: I've been in contact with the port maintainer. His position: 1) This problem is out of scope for him, 2) He is away on holiday and can't easily access the FreeBSD cluster, 3) Other pressures will keep him from this problem for several weeks. He

Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Harry Tabak
[This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam filter, I've had to send this from another account] I am not sure which list is best for this issue, hence the cross posting. I believe spam and anti-spam measures are security issues -- the 'Availability' part of C-I-A.

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Harry Tabak wrote: I recently discovered, and quite by accident, that a FreeBSD ported package -- spambnc (aka Spambouncer or SB) -- was blocking mail from me to an unknown number of businesses and individuals on the internet. More precisely, people who have chosen to

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Chuck Rock
There's not much you can do but what you already are doing. Complain. You complain to the people using the software, and if they can't configure it, they will probably stop using it if they care. You complain to the people that actually wrote the software. Usually found in the source code and

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moran
From: Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is so crazy I had to respond. My tiny x/29 block is sub-allocated from my DSL provider's x/23 block. The DSL provider's block is a sub-allocation from Inflow.com's 66.45.0.0/17 block. Spambouncer doesn't like Inflow. While they have a right to

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Harry Tabak
Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:19:32 -0600 (CST) From: Chuck Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's not much you can do but what you already are doing. Complain. You complain

RE: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Allan Jude
Tabak Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Harry Tabak Subject: Bystander shot by a spam filter. [This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam filter, I've had to send this from another account] I am not sure

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Kevin Golding
Someone, quite probably Harry Tabak, once wrote: From: Chuck Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's not much you can do but what you already are doing. Complain. You complain to the people using the software, and if they can't configure it, they will probably stop using it if they care. I know only

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
How do you find if you are on the list? And who has the list? Can they be sued? Thanks, Duncan (Dhu) Campbell On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 08:45:23 -0500 Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam filter, I've had to send this

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
Seems to me that this is an invitation to government regulation -- interfering with the mail is a criminal offense for good reason. Dhu On 28 Dec 2002 15:46:10 -0500 Shawn Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The lists are usually kept on the websites of whatever particular organizations are doing

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Abe
Are you sure that the 66.45.0.0/17 block is from sb-blockdomains.rc file? My guess is that it is from a listing on Five-Ten-SG blacklist, check out: http://www.five-ten-sg.com/blackhole.php?ip=66.45.0.0 SpamBouncer supports a variety of blacklists including the Five-Ten-SG blacklist, though

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Brett Glass
At 09:16 AM 12/28/2002, Harry Tabak wrote: I can't really stop the Spambouncer people from shouting fire from their own website -- freedom of speech and all that. But should FreeBSD act as an amplifier. I personally believe that spam is a serious security issue (see my paper at

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Rick Hamell
Seems to me that this is an invitation to government regulation -- interfering with the mail is a criminal offense for good reason. Email is not regulated by the government. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Bosko Milekic
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 02:00:12PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: I personally believe that spam is a serious security issue (see my paper at http://www.brettglass.com/spam/). However, be warned that this list's Supreme Moderator may declare your posting to be off-topic, because it doesn't relate

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Abe
Abe wrote: Are you sure that the 66.45.0.0/17 block is from sb-blockdomains.rc file? Nevermind. I found the Inflow entry in sb-blockdomains.rc file. :) Regards, Abe Ro To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Marcel Stangenberger
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Bosko Milekic wrote: On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 02:00:12PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: I personally believe that spam is a serious security issue (see my paper at http://www.brettglass.com/spam/). However, be warned that this list's Supreme Moderator may declare your

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Pete Fritchman
(please tell me this is just a dream, and this thread really isn't happening and I am not participating...) ++ 28/12/02 08:45 -0500 - Harry Tabak: | I am not sure which list is best for this issue, hence the cross | posting. I believe spam and anti-spam measures are security issues -- The

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:11:50 -0800 (PST) Rick Hamell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems to me that this is an invitation to government regulation -- interfering with the mail is a criminal offense for good reason. Email is not regulated by the government. Rick Yup.

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread phk
I _really_ fail to see what this has to do with FreeBSD. Can you please move this to a more appropriate forum ? I'm sure there are lists and groups out there where the black-listing crew communicates. Thankyou! Poul-Henning In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Duncan Patton a Campb ell writes:

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Chris Orr
So theoretically scanning email attatchments for viruses is illeagal too? and the same goes for filtering out porn? -chris On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: Seems to me that this is an invitation to government regulation -- interfering with the mail is a criminal offense

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
The law would have to consider intention of the sender: Virii are (generally) not intended by the sender, except for the original author. If I didn't intend to send the virus, there is no constraint on you scanning and chopping it. As for porn, if you are a minor, then by sending it to you I

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Chuck Swiger
Harry Tabak wrote: [This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam filter, I've had to send this from another account] I'm sorry to hear that you've had problems with spam filters; like most things (and most people), they aren't perfect and they sometimes make

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Shawn Duffy
So we should let the govt open all unopened mail to make sure nothing is illegal in it? and then leave it up to them to determine if it was intentional? please... On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 16:51, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: The law would have to consider intention of the sender: Virii are

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
No. The automated systems to filtre spam and virii better be *really* careful about what they block. If you block or subvert discrete communications between humans then you are asking for real trouble. That's all. Dhu On 28 Dec 2002 17:00:54 -0500 Shawn Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Chris Orr
*doesnt want to get laws very involved with the internet* On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: No. The automated systems to filtre spam and virii better be *really* careful about what they block. If you block or subvert discrete communications between humans then you are

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Shawn Duffy
Here is the difference... The US Postal Service is a government agency owned by the people, hence, interfering with regular mail is bad.. email runs over corporate networks and uses private resources, none owned by the people... hence a corporation, ISP, can certainly decide what it allows into

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Marcel Stangenberger
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Chris Orr wrote: *doesnt want to get laws very involved with the internet* better yet, who's laws should be followed then? should the world follow the american laws like loyal puppies or should we follow another countries laws? perhaps the law of the country of the sending

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Colin Faber
I would say a better solution that blocks would be header/body based phrase and word matching on a weighting system like spamassassin provides. The False positive rates for such a system are MUCH lower than what you could ever hope for with a blacklist. Also regarding Inflow. They have been

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread phk
CAN WE GET THIS THREAD KILLED NOW ??? It has nothing to do with FreeBSD. Please shut up and move this thread somewhere else! Poul-Henning In message 1041114029.3577.60.camel@pitbull, Shawn Duffy writes: --=-hYgamAC/8Ubo1V9A/Ysq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding:

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Harry Tabak
Brett Glass wrote: At 09:16 AM 12/28/2002, Harry Tabak wrote: I can't really stop the Spambouncer people from shouting fire from their own website -- freedom of speech and all that. But should FreeBSD act as an amplifier. I personally believe that spam is a serious security issue (see my

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Harry Tabak
Chuck Swiger wrote: snip If one sends a message that could not be delivered, an error report (called a DSN) is returned, describing the problem. People sending legitimate email know who they've sent mail to, right? And when they get DSN's, as you most probably did, you talk to your ISP,

Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.

2002-12-28 Thread Stacey Roberts
Geez, Is this *still* going on? Why are you still cc'ing the list Regards, Stacey On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 03:11, Harry Tabak wrote: Chuck Swiger wrote: snip If one sends a message that could not be delivered, an error report (called a DSN) is returned, describing the problem. People